Goodbye Mariano Rajoy, PP sinking
Today Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as president of Spain, thrive after a motion of censure. It was presented by the PSOE against Mariano Rajoy. he obtained 180 votes of: PSOE (Spanish Socialist Worker's Party), United we can, ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia), PNV (Partido Nacionalista Vasco), PDeCat (European Democratic Party Catalan), Compromís Bildu and New Canarias. El PP (Popular party) y Cs (citizens), Members of Forum Asturias and UPN got 169 votes and abstained Canary Coalition.
Sanchez became the seventh president in democracy and the first to come to power by means of the motion of censure.
Rajoy must resign immediately, President of the Congress inform the King, Sanchez has to be sworn in as new chief executive and appoint his cabinet.
M.Rajoy fall is a great joy, I finally had to leave the head of that corrupt party of labor reforms, precariousness, pensions misery, The discrimination, patriarchy, servility to the EU, political head of truncheons 1-O and executioner of Catalan self-determination.
From euphoria to disaster
M.Rajoy only a week ago celebrated the approval of the budget What what happened so that in such a short time left power?
The trigger was the public knowledge of the judgment in the case Gürtel, whereby the existence of criminal network was shown to feed the box B of the PP for elections. In the process, It came a M.Rajoy that justice failed to determine who it was. Beyond this "detail", the president had to appear as a witness and denied everything. Obviously, the court ruling made it clear that Rajoy lied and hid the business plot by which party presented "Dopados" election.
Far from assuming this reality and take a step to the side he tried to stay in power, denying all self-bonding and the PP. The presentation of the motion of censure ended his mandate.
A parliamentary embarrassment
Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, José Luis Abalos, He opened the debate and presented the motion of censure reading the highlights expressed in the sentence "Gürtel was the PP and the PP was Gürtel", one of the statements that opened fire.
From his speech began the counterpoint between M.Rajoy (PP) and Pedro Sánchez (PSOE). It was a real institutional embarrassment that shows the breakdown of the monarchical parliamentary system and bipartisanship. Both took the rags to the sun ... to the other by the disastrous governments led, by corruption cases that cross their officials and parties, for lying and adjust to the people.
yes, they took care of to make it clear that continue to defend the continuity of the Constitution of '78 and want governance to meet the mandates of the European Union.
Sanchez asked repeatedly to M.Rajoy to resign to withdraw the censure motion and said his actions is to save the Constitution. Without naming recipients, He made clear its offer of government to ensure the support of the Basque and Catalan representations. At the PNV he promised to keep the budget Basques voted him to the PP last week, It is containing huge economic concessions, He did not mention election date, another requirement that made him the Basques. Towards the ERC and promised PDeCAT "Bridges of dialogue" Catalonia with.
A cynic fledged, since his party was critical of the application of Article 155 orders and deepen its scope.
M.Rajoy chose to attack to defend. He accused Sanchez of trying to reach power without caring that was rejected by the people in the two elections in which it was presented and negotiate with the separatists who want to divide Spain. He said textually "In Spain governs who wins the elections". Is not considered Spain to Catalonia or that law does not apply there, since it dismissed by the President to Carles Puigdemont who had been democratically elected and prevented him from resuming when it was rectified by the polls 21D.
He said his government brought the country to disaster inherited the PSOE and recalled the serious acts of corruption involving officials also "socialist". Abalos said with sincerity accomplice: "You Are not you people Teresa of Calcutta?”
He mocked the PSOE and CAN for its violent criticism and voting against the budget that now apply, saying: will of the "Government budget Frankenstein Frankenstein." The voices of the PP accused the PSOE to return to rely on the "putschists Catalans" and the "old friends from ETA."
Afternoon shift without M.Rajoy
Thus ended the first part of the debate during the morning. M. Rajoy was not present in the afternoon, He took refuge in a restaurant to eat and drink, taking his seat bag vice president Soraya Sanchez de Santamaría.
In turn Carles Campuzano, representative of the PDeCAT defended the censure motion and argued that the problem is the persistence of the Franco regime in politics, expressed in loads of 1-O to the Catalan people and rejection to self. A citizens noted as a sample of the actual influence of the Franco.
He paused to describe and denounce the lack of independence of the judiciary in relation to political power. Regarding the PSOE said that he did not have confidence in their shared responsibilities 155, but that opens up an opportunity to solve a political problem with a political solution.
Aitor Esteban of the PNV said that the crisis was caused by the tsunamis that are causing the major parties Spanish. He defended the budget voting for the PP "Responsibility for the PNV" with stability, even applying the 155.
The road is not point nationalisms, or change rebellion, but recognize that there is a national problem Catalan and Basque and resolve with consensus, he claimed. Basque vote was the last shovelful of dirt on the grave of M.Rajoy.
Joan Tarda (ERC) He gave a long speech, He recalled the attacks of the Spanish State Catalonia, antidemocratic actions against independence will and the constant presence of Francoism in a monarchical regime the worst in Europe. Sanchez also pointed out as responsible for the 155. He summarized his position in the sentence "Our itself Sanchez is not Rajoy." He based his vote in the thesis: "Not the same a government of the PP citizens based on one of the PSOE supported by CAN."
Albert Rivera (citizens) He railed against the censure motion, he demanded M.Rajoy leading out of the crisis with the parties agreeing on the date of early elections and immediate future. As usual, He used his speech centrally right to go against the Catalan separatists.
Pablo Iglesias (WE CAN) He said yes to the motion. And he recognized something he had said in his speech M.Rajoy "Now you have to eat with potatoes budget" adding that the difference is that at that table will not be corrupt.
He noted that the institutional crisis is motivated by three problems caused or deepened by the PP: the presence of corrupt, the dismantling of the welfare state and the state of exception that broke the autonomous territorial scheme. He accused Albert Rivera fascist and called on the PSOE to talk, agree on a fraternal and plurinational republic with Catalan and Basque, and agree on holding elections. After this debate, the Parliamentary session on Friday was a procedure to appoint the new president.
It was defined in Hemiciclo, It was conceived in the streets of Catalunya
The PP has just received a blow to qualitatively deepen its political collapse ahead of elections.
The trigger for the fall was the judgment of the Gürtel case as peak of the political crisis, but the underlying causes exceed corruption. A turning point was the Catalan struggle with repeated mass demonstrations, strikes, roadblocks, highways and roads, actions of all kinds for the freedom of political prisoners and the tenacity of a people that put Catalonia in consideration of the peoples of the world. The mobilization by the Republic and the Constituent, the result of the CDR and permanent complaint by prisoners, exiles, persecution and fabricated court cases generated a huge wear on the government. The historic national mobilizations of pensioners and women were also key.
There are other elements weight. El-parliamentary monarchy of the Constitution of the '78 regime is long out, but show its repressive face, his corrupt bipartisanship, the lack of separation of powers, the remnants of the present Franco, the economic situation without off for the great majority, They contributed its share of wear and discrediting power.
Definitely, mobilisations and struggles are central to the fall of M.Rajoy. Nevertheless, It was not an irruption of the mass movement that determined as direct its fall, the last days of the former president gave no workers and people on the street, as if it occurred in many other processes in the world that caused power vacuum. They were determined to resolve the crisis in record time by the fear that the people had won the streets and impose their agenda. There was no leader inside or outside Parliament to call to mobilize, to recreate a 15M.
The truth is, to the have not given this situation, political leaders indicted the first steps out of the crisis have leeway, of which the first and consummated: They not even left the Chamber with a specific date of elections as an immediate appeal to the popular will. A few days ago they claimed that the key would be an immediate call for elections, still they not assumed and as everyone says the opposite. Iglesias is the only one to date ... the 2020.
Sanchez's government is weak. He will be headed by a leader who lost by death in the electoral bodies of submission, which it is questioned in your organization, which has 84 own deputies and whose party is appearing with no chance of reaching the government in elections. further, Sanchez made social and political commitments that go in the opposite direction of what comes by his party against the Catalans. In his speeches I not just talk about bridges of dialogue with the Catalans, but it came to suggest that at some point will need to recognize that Spain is actually a conglomeration of different nationalities.
It opens an open question how this will affect citizens momentary crisis exit? So far the polls are giving as a potential winner, Nevertheless, this crisis exposed them for what they are: part of the government that fell, reactionaries who now have to compete with the PP by the vote right. A nefarious Albert Rivera and Ines Arrimada were complicated the picture.
Free and Sovereign Constituent Assembly
There is a historical and present crisis monarchic-parliamentary regime which is totally exhausted, the economy does not take off, democratic freedoms are cut off and repressed the oppressed peoples, particularly Catalan. Capitalism can not provide political and social responses to the great majority of the workers and the people.
It is clear that the global situation calls for proposals and a transitional program. Even something as minimal as the call for early elections has certain date. And even if I had, It would be insufficient to attack the political and social problems that cross the country.
Because, We raised the unitary mobilization to impose on the political agenda convening a Constituent Assembly, Free and Sovereign, to take to the Spanish state as a single district and proportional representation recognize free elections. It is necessary to provide a channel to discussions, greater or lesser extent, and they expressed: How should a government and a regime truly democratic? How can an honest and independent justice of political power? What social control measures will be established to control political power, ensure transparency and tackle corruption? How to reorganize society and the economy without exploitation?How to redistribute wealth?In whose hands have to be factories and lands?What measures set to end job insecurity, pensions misery, the lack of future for youth and liquidate patriarchy?Should we save the banks and entrepreneurs bankrupt or prioritize our lives?What free and fraternal peoples want to establish relationship with each other, recognizing the right to self-determination? It should also be addressed openly submission to the designs of the European Union and its settings. These are some of the key issues that has to express the new constitution is needed.
At the by, We will not stop for one minute to require the cessation of the application of the 155 in its scope, including the completion of the control of regional finance Catalan.
Nor should we accept the end of the 155 – imminent before the recognition of the Government of Quim Torra- and not its consequences, that is to say, we must continue to demand more than ever the freedom of political prisoners, the cessation of persecution, censorship and cancellation of court cases against leaders and independence activists.
Whoever the president of the Spanish State, not to take even one step back in the fight for self-determination of the Catalan people and the will of the Republic and the constitutional process expressed in the referendum of 1-O.
The new government of the PSOE born with strong support from the CAN and the PNV, This does not imply in any way that is a leftist government, as they presented some means. They integrate organizations that are not anticapitalist, nor socialist, or consequential against the regime. It is no coincidence that markets respond positively to the appointment and since the European Union have welcomed the adoption of the budget wretched M.Rajoy as their own.
From day we continue to support the struggles of workers, pensioners, women, students and people of the State Spanish, whose social needs can not wait any longer. The union leaderships should open a broad debate on the foundation developed a list of social demands immediate, including the call for a plan of struggle and general strike if not satisfied.
From Socialism and Freedom (SOL) We insist that the problem is capitalism, with their governments and undemocratic regimes. We call on workers, Young, women and pensioners, revolutionaries organized or not, those who consider themselves socialists, progressive and democratic fighters to discuss these issues and fight together. In Catalonia and throughout the Spanish State is needed to build a new consistent policy alternative, wide and left.
We invite you to build an organization together to fight for strategic objectives: uniting the oppressed heroic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula in a Free and Democratic Federation of Socialist Republics, without kings, casteless, without bankers without capitalists, which govern workers and the people.
