Felipe Gonzalez And Alphonse Guerra They coincided on a television set – one in person and the other online – on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Federal Congress of Suresnes (France), the last one held in exile and which laid the foundations of the PSOE before the start of the Transition.
After reviewing the content of the meeting, at the end of which González left as secretary general, the two leaders assessed in the program ‘Espejo Público’ the current situation of their party after the ups and downs of Sánchez and did not hesitate to affirm that, if they were not the “fathers” of the new party born in the French city half a century ago, they would have been “purged” like Nicolás Redondo was. a year ago after his repeated disagreements with the socialist leadership.
This is precisely the greatest “tragedy” of the current PSOE, the punishment for divergence, in the words of González. “It seems that there are people who want to return to dictatorship even though there are opinions different from theirs,” Guerra added.
Neither of them hesitated to position themselves against the latest decisions of the current president of the government, such as the Catalan quota or the amnesty, and opened the door to the succession of Sánchez at the gates of the next Federal Congress. González assured that there were very “valuable” people within the party, although no names came out of his mouth: “There are those who say that no one can replace Sánchez. I have several in mind, but if they are known publicly, they are dead,” he said. Later, he insisted again: “I don’t want to hurt anyone by saying that he is my candidate.”
Without invitation to the Federal Congress
None of them received an invitation to the Federal Congress of the PSOE which will be held in a few weeks in Seville. Although the party is looking for historical socialists to attend this event, neither the former president, who was present at the previous edition in Valencia, nor the former vice-president, have been invited and do not expect to be, as the latter openly declared. , who also did not attend the one in Valencia: “I think they won’t invite me.”
González regretted that today’s meeting was just procedures. “There is not a single federal committee that lasts more than an hour and a half, we have not had one that lasts less than a day and a half.”
Rejection of pacts with Junts
The pacts with the separatists, they recognized, are not justified to obtain a majority. “Can we agree on everything, must we give up everything to have the majority? No,” replied Guerra bluntly, who even opted for elections before so many transfers. “It makes sense to agree with others in exchange for majorities. In exchange for the elimination of secession, an amnesty or an economic agreement with Catalonia, no. Is there a government in the world that renounces taxation of 28% of GDP? I don’t think so. “This cannot be changed by having a majority, we have to think about elections.”
Very critical of the current socialist leadership, what was the most influential tandem in the history of the party continues today to agree on the trajectory that the party should take: “I would have liked them to have an absolute majority and not depend on fugitive criminals who write their own amnesty”the former vice president said.
