like a “a real debacle”. This is how the Secretary General of the PSOE of Castilla y León defined and assumed this Monday, Carlos Martinezthe result obtained this Sunday by his party in Extremadura, where the candidacy led by Juan Carlos … Gallardo went from 28 to 18 parliamentarians. And more, also recognized the mayor of Soria, knowing that this result was obtained in a territory that “historically” had supported the acronym of the fist and the rose.
And it is precisely this history of Extremadura linked to the PSOE, while in Castilla y León the PP has been the one that has governed for four decades, that Martínez clung to in order to mark the distances and not directly extrapolate the result of the neighboring Community. “They are contrasting models”underlined the socialist candidate in the regional elections.
“I think it’s a reflection that suits us to do at the party level, both at the national level and at the regional level in Extremadura”, said Martínez, who recognized that “unfortunately” the bad result could occur. “Castile and León is not Extremadura and, therefore, we approach the elections with a totally different project”, underlined the socialist leader, emphasizing the distances, in view of the elections next March. “Here, what must be accounted for are 40 years of right in this area. Community”, which, he stressed, “is the opposite” of what Extremadura was.
Martínez therefore appealed for hope. “I am calm,” he said from Soria. “I hope that the PP will show self-satisfaction,” added the socialist leader.
And the opposite reading is that of the PP, whose regional president, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, He highlighted the “undeniable victory” of his party and of María Guardiola, while emphasizing the “absolute collapse of the left” and “especially” of the PSOE, with its “worst historical results”.
At the same time, it also marked the distances between Castilla y León and Extremadura, since “each territory has its particularities”. Also, “very respectful” of Guardiola. And this community has nothing to do with each other’s electoral periods.
“From the first day of the legislature, I said that I was going to exhaust the legislature and that we were going to exhaust the legislature,” said Mañueco, who emphasized once again that the regional elections in Castilla y León “They will be in March, whenever the time is right.” The President of the Council and candidate for re-election welcomed the fact that in the face of this event, they present themselves “with a very positive record”, which is manifested by a “silver medal” in Health, a “gold medal” in social services and education… “And, in addition, now we are going to present ourselves with a project, with an ambition, with a collective cause to place Castilla y León among the three best autonomous communities in Spain in which to live.”
“I am very satisfied with what we have done”» declared Mañueco at the gates of the party’s national headquarters, rue Génova and without analyzing the rise of Vox. “We are aiming for victory in Castilla y León because we have a fantastic management balance.” » underlined the popular baron.
“Great resemblance”
From Voicehis spokesperson to the Cortes of Castilla y León, David Hierro, warned of the “great resemblance” between María Guardiola and Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, to the point that the Castilians and Leonese “He’s more progressive than her.” In this sense, he recalled how in Extremadura the law on Historical Memory was repealed, while in Castile and León “the proposals of Vox were undermined”.
When evaluating the election results, he insisted that “even if no choice can be extrapolated”it must be borne in mind that “there are different PPs”, but “Vox is the same everywhere” and, above all, that “Guardiola called the elections to lose 10,000 votes and win only one seat, while Vox doubled its deputies to eleven”. “We defend the same thing everywhere,” he emphasized, convinced that the scenario can repeat itself in the March elections in Castile and León and, with it, Abascal’s party will also experience a surge in votes.
For his part, the candidate of Podemos-Green Alliance In Castilla y León, Miguel Ángel Llamas also drew his own conclusions with the results of Extremadura which, in this case, have to do with the need to combine his formation and IU, as happened with Unidos por Extremadura, a coalition that managed to go from four to seven. Llamas assured that the figures showed that “the paralysis of the Spanish government harms the progressive bloc” therefore “only the stable work of PodemosNot to mention, with Izquierda Unida, they can put the transformative left back on its feet.
THE “best option” It is, he emphasized, “repeating the coalition that participated in the elections of Castilla y León in 2022 – Podemos-IYU-Alianza Verde” and on this coalition “we are going to work” and, to do this, “I will be generous with IU so that it includes the people of Sumar”.
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