The local and regional elections (departmental) in Spain, to be held this Sunday is marked by the phenomenon of corruption.
they had not imagined forces major political, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), located on the left, and the Popular Party (PP), on the right, that the future would be anchored, electorally, to various corruption cases pursued both parties, although on a larger scale to the conservative group.
It seemed a few months ago that the economic crisis, with its terrible data on unemployment of 23 percent of the population that is able to work, would be the major determinant of the results on Sunday.
However, things began to change when the Spaniards realized that while the crisis hit directly, the traditional parties did mischief with public funds.
It took a turn to the political perception of citizens and allowed two new and dynamic political forces and citizens’ We can begin to grasp massively disappointed with the flags of political regeneration and transparency.
The dwarves grow
we are the tangible result of the camp promoted by outraged that took place in May 2011 and became known as 15-M (by May 15). Led by the young leader Pablo Iglesias, is next on the left.
Although Citizens born in Catalonia, which has been submitted to election since 2006 was in 2012 when it took a unusual momentum. Under the chairmanship of Albert Rivera, leans to the right.
Both forces, however, are presented as progressive and determined to transform Spain.
The truth is that they both wanted to distance themselves ideologically, especially the PP, ruling party in Spain Mariano Rajoy as president. This is explained by the fact that the conservative group is the most marked by corruption and because you still do not quite get the country out of severe economic downturn, which has already completed more than six years.
So we can as citizens face the electoral battle on Sunday with fewer economic and human resources. Unlike the PSOE and the PP, and some minority forces as Union Progress and Democracy (UpyD) and regional groups with political representation in Congress, the political campaigns of the two new emerging parties have appealed strongly to social networks and political offices are on the internet
A significant data showing the ability to mobilize resources. compared to 4,000 physical locations that have the traditional parties, and citizens can not come between them 70.
The campaign of the PP and PSOE have focused mainly on demonstrating that new parties lack experience in managing the State, are opportunistic and make empty promises.
Agreements
The polls, however, show that to govern in several regions of Spain the traditional parties will to agree with emerging. The current debate is about who is allied with whom.
The same polls predict minimal differences between Esperanza Aguirre in Madrid, candidate for the PP, which has governed the capital for 23 years, and Manuela Carmena, result of a local coalition led by can.
In Barcelona, meanwhile, forecasts give the advantage to Comú, we targeted another coalition that exceed, even without a majority to govern, to Convergence and Union, now the ruling party. Citizens, meanwhile, became the third political force in the Catalan capital, above the PP.
Apparently, in addition to two powerful traditional forces, the big losers this Sunday will be the extremist parties of the left, as the United Left (IU), whose traditional voters have begun to sympathize with the new speech can.
vote vote
A few hours after the elections, all parties call for electoral participation, knowing that an estimated 30 percent of abstention and with the knowledge of a period pre-election marked as never before by the undecided vote.
The electoral battle will be played voting vote. In any case, citizens agree that Spain will be this Sunday at the threshold of the presidential election, to be held from November 20 this year and no later than January 17 of next year.
The important thing is that politics in Spain is no longer determined by bipartisanship. The errors of the two major traditional parties awakened other forces that can not silence.
This jolt will impact on the game of alliances and agreements that will start from next week.
Anyway, this new era of political pacts threatens to erode the authority of the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, even though his party win a majority of the vote.
The Rajoy’s PP and PSOE have alternated in power for 40 years, when it ended the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, virtually no tradition of coalition government.
In many places will have to join at least three political groups to form a government. In the mayor of Barcelona, the vote could be split between seven games. The radical transformation that would involve governments in Spain anticipates more uncertainty in the elections at the end of the year.
The electoral system favors large parties, historically produce strong governments with strong majorities . For over three years, an absolute parliamentary majority allowed Rajoy approve reforms to avoid an international bailout. The PP also now controls 10 of the 13 regions that held voting.
JUANITA Samper Ospina *
TIME Correspondent
Madrid.
* Y Reuters
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