A socialist victory in Madrid would be history after 11 years of rule by the conservative Popular Party (PP), and fundamental to the goal of ousting right government of Spain.
While the destitute, Tomás Gómez did not accept the decision and vowed to fight both domestically and in the courts to be reversed, an urgent survey prepared the same day the news shows that the locals voters support the measure of a majority.
The study, conducted by Metroscopia for El Pais, indicates that following the change of the PSOE Gómez rises 8.2 points in voting intentions, 11% to 19.2%. With this rise, the Socialists go from third to first in the preferences of voters in the region of Madrid.
Meanwhile, the conservative Popular Party (PP) also improves results when advancing nearly three points, from 15.4% to 18%; while can fall from first place to third, while falling from 17.8% to 13.6%.
Along with can, in the picture breaks the Citizens Party, led by the Catalan Albert Rivera who come the Madrid parliament with 5.3% of the vote, while the United Left (IU) would be outside, like UPyD (Union, Progress and Democracy) Rosa Díez.
The experts who prepared the survey El País – based on 800 interviews with over 18 years living in Madrid and has a margin of error + -3.5 points- note that the data point to an “electoral strengthening of the PSOE” but should be taken with “prudence “.
Pedro Sánchez took the drastic step of removing Gomez in what was interpreted as a risky move that sought to clean up the image of the party, which was in free fall in the polls.
Gomez was in the spotlight after being splashed by a corruption case related to the premium of the works of a tram in the suburb of Parla, of which he was mayor for nine years to become leader of the Socialist Party Madrid (PSM) in 2007.
In addition, his successor and “dolphin” in Parla, José María Fraile, is accused in the “Operation Punic” one of the biggest corruption schemes for the payment of commissions in exchange for awards in municipalities and the Madrid region.
Gomez is accused, but also information published by El País warned that a police report could implicate directly into the mismanagement of the tram works Parla, which precipitated the decision to Pedro Sánchez.
The now former leader of the Socialists in Madrid accused the Secretary General of the PSOE had fallen into the “strategy of attrition from the right” which tried for years involve him in the case of corruption, for the sole purpose of enhancing their internal leadership.
A priori without the data from the survey of El País movement Sánchez was dangerous because of the consequences unpredictable that would start an internal battle in the already weakened PSOE three months of regional and municipal elections in Spain, to be held on May 24.
The maximum socialist leader had to risk, perhaps because on the head of Gómez not only weighed the shadow of corruption but because it was not the right candidate and was far from the target to snatch the PP their historical and key electoral stronghold that is Madrid.
The elected for this task is Ángel Gabilondo, former education minister of the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2011), who have already accepted the challenge, according to newspaper El Mundo.
In the decision Sánchez -who never had a good relationship with Thomas Gomez also weighed the fact that recently has been threatened by the alleged aspiration of the regional president of Andalusia, Susana Diaz, internal to compete in the race to La Moncloa. No Andalucía -granero historic vote socialist, the Secretary General needs the support of at least Madrid and Valencia and Catalonia to achieve your goal.
Traditionally, to get the government of Spain, the Socialists have been supported in Andalusia and Catalonia, but with the latter absorbed region as a sovereignty project, Madrid and Valencia, historical feuds right, play a fundamental role.
The last time a majority left there was Madrid-between the PSOE and United Left (IU) – was in 2003, but a “flight” of socialist deputies prevented a leftist government was constituted after two terms in the hands of the right. The elections were repeated soon after and was winning Esperanza Aguirre, the PP.
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