Socialist Party appoints Pedro Sanchez as a candidate for … – The Nation Costa Rica

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The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), currently in opposition, appointed his secretary Overall, Pedro Sanchez, as candidate for prime minister in the next general elections scheduled for year end, in which a rise of new political movements are expected.

Sánchez , MP 43, particularly telegenic, promised in his speech to his party make the fight against unemployment and corruption the central goal of his government if elected.

“Years pass and on the agenda of the Spanish society are still two problems that lead our forces and undermine our social moral Two challenges that I am committed to eradicating. unemployment and corruption,” he said in front of about 2,000 members Madrid game.

Sánchez took over the party in July 2014 after the major setback suffered the Socialists in elections to the European Parliament, which led to his predecessor Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, to resign.

The support of the socialist voters has fallen since losing power to the conservative Popular Party in the last general election, in November 2011 After two terms in office.

The PSOE had the tough task of governing the country during the early years of the economic crisis that ruined the country, caused by the collapse in 2008 of the “housing bubble”, which lasted more than a decade, and tries to ward off criticism about his government’s handling of the economy.

Above all, some censured for having reacted so He unleashed late to the economy, and other extreme docility agreeing to austerity policies imposed by Brussels, for many because of high unemployment affecting the country, currently in the order of 23.8% of the workforce.

Competition for support. Socialism has lost voters face two new formations of different sign, we, a near Syriza ruling Greek anti-austerity party, and to a lesser extent to the Citizens Platform, trend right and true neoliberal spirit, and they hope to achieve good results in the ballot, the date was not announced but it will take place before the end of the year.

Opinion polls suggest there will be at least four contenders, none of which would have an absolute majority, so that post-election negotiations for alliances are emerging as inevitable.

The Spanish political parties do not always have the candidacy of his primary responsibility as prime minister, but in the case of Sanchez was a great support of his political strength.

However, some critics consider Sánchez as a “weight light “, who since very recently is the center of political attention, with a great willingness to appear on television. However, it has managed to have the support of the socialist militancy.

In a poll published Sunday by the newspaper El País , the largest circulation in Spain, Sanchez ranks second among the most valued political after Albert Rivera, the young leader of Citizens, 35 years old.

In the regional elections and city ​​last month, the PS came in second, with 25% of the vote behind the Popular Party in government.