MADRID The opposition Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSO) on Sunday proclaimed their leader, Pedro Sanchez, as a candidate for president of the Government for the elections to be held in late year, in which he is expected to be a tight race against the rulers and new political groups conservatives.
Sanchez, 43, was elected secretary general of the PSOE in July last year after the Socialists suffered a crushing defeat facing a new party opposed to the austerity measures in a vote the European Parliament, prompting the resignation of its veteran leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Reuters reported.
The Socialists have lost votes so sustained from the electoral debacle of the general election of 2011, when ceded power to the Popular Party (PP) after two terms in which the country went through one of the worst economic crises in its history.
bursting of a housing bubble in 2008 brought down the economy in a slump that lasted for nearly six years and left one in four workers unemployed, prompting harsh criticism of the Socialists for their handling of the crisis.
The ruling PP, meanwhile, has been hard hit by a series of corruption scandals and the majority of Spaniards say they do not feel that there is an economic recovery, which bases its Mariano Rajoy hopes for re-election as Prime Minister.
Spain’s political parties do not necessarily proclaim their leader as a candidate for president of the Government, but Sanchez has received strong support from the Socialists to become his candidate
“On the agenda of the Spanish society are still two problems that our forces take two challenges that I promise to eradicate: unemployment and corruption.” said Socialist leader in his speech to hundreds of guests celebrated at the Teatro Circo Price in Madrid.
Sanchez has managed to stabilize the support of his party since he was chosen as leader, but he has remained low because voters prefer new groups.
The leftist grouping can and more market-friendly stance Citizens have capitalized on the rejection of the austerity measures implemented during the crisis and especially the boredom and disappointment with a political class considered remote from citizens.
The last poll of the Center for Sociological Research published in May stood at just 1.3 points PSOE PP, which would be the most votes but not the absolute majority won power four years ago.
In addition, a survey published Sunday in the newspaper El Pais concluded that the appreciation of the voters Sánchez is up and placed him in second position behind leader Citizens, Albert Rivera.
Sanchez is part of a generation of young politicians like Rivera and the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, will face Mariano Rajoy in the next elections, which polls show a panorama of parliamentary fragmentation.
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