Former Minister of State for Security Affairs and former Socialist MP, Anna Boutellashown this Tuesday on More than one (zero wave) a A harsh prognosis for his PSOE career and his professional relationship with leaders such as José Luis Albalos and Santos Cerdán. In an interview with Carlos Alsina, Botella emphasized that throughout his political life he had been “I broke up three times“At her party and that on all occasions she was always changing” for a man.
In the interview, the presenter asked Boutella directly about this The article published on Monday by 20 minutes. In her article, Boutella emphasized that “the problem of women in politics is not a lack of leadership, but rather that in the face of the slightest political authority, they are seen as a threat to their sovereignty.” “Mediocre men who thrived in politics as their only way of life.”
The former MP stated in the article that she could “count as many as five men” who contributed to her exit from political life, “some of whom are not good, nor fair, nor ideal at all. Two of them have serious problems with the law, Santos Cerdán and José Luis AlbalosRegarding Abalos, he claims that he did not have a “personal relationship”, but he found the leadership role achieved by the former minister during the first nomination of Pedro Sánchez surprising.
“From the first phase in Valencia, politics worked through political families. In the Lerma phase there were ‘lermistas’. Then we were ‘ximistas’, because of Ximo Puig, I belonged to that family,” he says regarding his coexistence with the Ábalos in the Valencian Socialist Workers’ Party. “then There were the “Abalistas” with their own distinctive characteristics. There wasn’t much contact “Between families,” she stressed, noting that “I had my own journey. The person who supported me was Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.”
When asked about them, Boutella reviewed her relationship with those responsible for organizing the party. Regarding Santos Cerdan, he was frank: “It was very difficult to talk to Cerdan. He didn’t have much sympathy for his colleagues.“, adding that she barely had a few “emails or WhatsApp messages” with him. She also recalled her political cohabitation with Abalos: “You don’t fall off the lists, they remove you,” she recalled how he gained internal weight while falling from favored positions in public nominations.
The former Foreign Minister recounted specific events during her time at the Ministry of the Interior, especially in the context of… OperationsWhen, as he explained, the minister did not allow him to attend the meetings in La Moncloa: “I did not set foot in the coordination meetings. Perhaps only men went to MoncloaHe said his departure from the ministry was “polite and peaceful”, although he admitted that he had suffered noticeable weariness and disharmony with Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
Boutella also pointed directly at the president: “N The responsibility for appointing Abalos and Cerdan rests with the President government” and does not understand that “a person with the professional qualities and capabilities of Pedro Sánchez” would surround himself with leaders who, in his opinion, “lack capabilities.” However, he admitted that he had never personally explained his differences: “I wasn’t there long enough to say to the president: ‘Let’s sit down and I’ll tell you.’”
The former Socialist leader highlighted the party’s contradictions regarding equality: “We are the most feminist party in Spain and we have our contradictionsShe noted that “all the women who were in relevant positions” were displaced, while the men remained in key positions. He concluded: “Important issues must be worked on from the first minute. The problem is not with the men, but with the qualities, in this case the men who want to develop in the game.”
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