In times of tribulation, do not move. The PSOE is going through one of the most delicate moments since Sánchez came to power, following the right-wing legal offensive. And the general secretary decided to make the maxim of the founder of the Jesuits his own. Ignatius of Loyola, and will not make any major changes in the leadership that will accompany him over the next four years. Or as long as the mandate lasts. At the PSOE, you never know. The last time the president made changes to the federal leadership was last January to include Ministers Puente and Ana Redondo, who, coincidentally, is the only minister now leaving the federal leadership.
Sánchez does not make revolutionary changes or additions of stars, but renews his hard core, although he adds some new additions from the territories that he has negotiated with each of the general secretaries since the beginning of the afternoon of Saturday until past midnight. The era of conclaves after tough negotiations with different territories also passed under socialism.
The continuity of María Jesús Montero as Deputy Secretary General and that of Santos Cerdán, at the Organization, are confirmed, despite the fact that both were accused in court by the leader of the corrupt plot of the Koldo affair, l businessman Victor Aldama. Pedro Sánchez also maintains Cristina Narbona as president of the PSOE, a symbolic position that she already occupied.
For the spokesperson, Sánchez maintains his confidence in Esther Peña, who has held this position for only a year. The Burgos deputy arrived in Ferraz to replace Pilar Alegría after the general elections of July 23, 2023, since the Minister of Education also became spokesperson for the Executive.
Replacing Minister Ana Redondo, Pilar Bernabé, Government delegate in Valencia, was appointed head of the Equality sector, rewarded for her work as representative of the Central Executive during the management of the DANA tragedy in Valencia.
Redondo’s departure represents a disavowal on the part of the president of her work as minister, which has not been without setbacks. His ministry is, for example, responsible for the legislative error in the law on parity which allowed the dismissal of fathers and mothers on care leave. The dismissal of the director of the Women’s Institute was also announced after it was learned that her company had obtained 64 public contracts from socialist town halls to manage purple dots.
Per territory, there will be three representatives from Extremadura in the new executive. One of them, the former president and historic socialist leader Guillermo Fernández Vara, who already occupied the field of autonomous politics.
Juan Francisco Serrano, Santos Cerdán’s right-hand man within the Organization, Paco Salazar and the Sevillian Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis remain in Andalusia.
