Less than a week after the agreement which reconciled the PSOE with its parliamentary partners around tax reform, the investiture bloc is divided again to distribute the blame on the management of DANA.
Allies of Pedro Sanchez They will register a commission of inquiry in Congress this Wednesday to demand political responsibilities. For its part, the PSOE will present another to prevent its leader from giving explanations.
Concretely, the fear that reigns within the Socialist Group is that, if they support their partners, the commission will end up transforming into a witch hunt that would summon Pedro Sánchez. Parliamentary sources close to the request are influencing this idea and stressed this Tuesday that the summons of the President of the Government “is on the table”.
It all depends on how the negotiation between the parties takes place, particularly between Sumar, Compromís, Podemos, ERC and Juntswho are those who promote the initiative. The registration document to which EL ESPAÑOL had access proposes the commission of inquiry as a means “to identify all those responsible with powers in the management of DANA and to determine political responsibilities”.
To do this, the idea was to present a long list of comparisons, with officials “from the Valencian Government and the rest of the administrations”, including the Central Executive. In principle, as long as a common list is negotiated, socialist parliamentary sources will not refrain from summoning government ministers to testify, but not Pedro Sánchez.
In fact, the President of the Government will have to attend, whatever happens, the commission that the PP is preparing in the Senate, where those of the Alberto Nuñez Feijóo They enjoy an absolute majority and do not need the support of other parties.
None of these commissions have been created yet, but some are already commenting privately on where they will list appearances. The majority agrees to call Carlos Mazon and their advisorsbut the problems start when we talk about the central government. We can and we are committedAbove all, they insist on summoning ministers, even Sánchez himself, to determine their degree of responsibility for the catastrophe.
“The decision of the Spanish government not to declare a state of emergency has also been the subject of controversy,” justifies the registration document. “This political election, as well as the deficiencies in regional management, generated a strong controversy over responsibilities and omissions which increased the effects of the disaster,” he adds.
Different models
The PSOE has already announced that it will register its own idea for a “broader” commission on Wednesday morning, as soon as Pedro Sánchez’s special appearance before Congress ends. The first indications are that at least Compromís will not support this text and will ask “to go further”.
The socialists propose to concentrate the commission not only on the Valencian Community, but also to confront the leadership of Mazón with that of other regional presidents of the PP, such as Juanma Moreno in Andalusia, and expose it. Ensuring that one, when he defends himself, inevitably confronts the other.
The socialists’ idea is to register a generic commission, which reveals the mistakes made by the administration, which reflects the damage in the affected communities and helps to ” correct errors and draw conclusions“, as defined by spokesperson Patxi López.
But that won’t be enough for the usual allies. In the case of the parliamentary spokesperson for Compromís, Agueda Micothe Valencian party has decided to create an alternative commission to that of the PSOE and the PP because “they do not have confidence” in a program that does not include them. From the first day, they demanded to “put everyone in their place”, even if it meant stepping on the central government (although less than on the regional government).
It is important to note that, although the two Compromís deputies are part of the Sumar parliamentary group, on this issue they are completely independent and even took a position a few days before Yolanda Díaz spoke. This generated friction within the coalition.
In the PP, for its part, it targets Sánchez’s executive much more directly and focuses its fire on the former third vice-president and current European commissioner, Therese Riberaof the ministry on which the prevention and alert agencies depended. This reason even led to his nomination being postponed for a week, due to the people’s reluctance to “give him a reward that he did not deserve.”
