Felipe González and Alfonso Guerra coincide in an act in Madrid to evoke "that PSOE"
Felipe González has confirmed at the last minute his attendance this Tuesday at the presentation of the book by his former minister Virgilio Zapatero in which he evokes Aquel PSOE. The dreams of a generation, and reviews his years of government. Alfonso Guerra, vice president in the executives at the beginning of democracy, has served as master of ceremonies, although both former leaders have avoided greeting each other at least publicly.
In his speech, the former all-powerful number two of La Moncloa did not want to assess the debacle of his party in the municipal and regional elections on May 28: “Perhaps some may think that after going through an electoral process so recently With the result that we know, it would be almost obligatory to say a few words on this subject, but not. Not because we are already on the verge of other legislative elections that will determine which government Spain will have.”
Guerra, however, has implicitly criticized Pedro Sánchez's pacts with Bildu during this legislature. And also that his government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martínez, said last week that he has done more for Spain in these years than “all the jingoists with their wristbands”, alluding to the PP and Vox. “We have learned these days through the competent authority, as it should be, that those who saved millions of lives during the pandemic were not the toilets, but those who had taken off their ski mask shortly before,” he ironized.
To which he added: “Has Valle-Inclan and his court of miracles returned? No problem, don't despair, our Mélenchon dressed by Christian Dior [implicitly alluding to Yolanda Díaz] who reserved for us the discovery of a Trotskyist will save us at the UN. What other surprises await us? Will we have a small parliamentary group under Putin?”
“If we look we see that everything remains the same. The two great parties turn to their extremes to seek support, thus fattening the parties that are against the model of society that the Constitution describes”, Guerra also lamented in a new cryptic reference to the space located to the left of the PSOE and to Vox , whom he has reproached for being “cheering on the bullfighters” in reference to the vice president that they have appointed for the Valencian Community in their coalition government with the PP, Vicente Barrera.
Other former ministers from the González era were present at the event, such as José Luis Corcuera, Carlos Solchaga and José Barrionuevo, who, when asked if his party needs other leaders, stated that “some things are undoubtedly failing” without going into more details. The only current party official who has attended the presentation at the Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation has been Juan Lobato, general secretary in Madrid.