Although we should not ignore that Ferraz’s “ok” is still missing, the socialists of Castilla y León have already defined and approved the lists with which they will participate in the regional elections in March in the nine provinces. The autonomous party committee … approved them this Friday since they came from the nine provincial executives, which makes the PSCL the first formation to take the step of nominating its candidates. From there and while work continues on an electoral program that will be announced in January, the formation led by Carlos Martínez, candidate for President of the Council, continues to shape the messages with which it will be launched into the electoral ring.
The most important seeks to dissociate itself from the Spanish socialist government: “In March we will not examine Pedro Sánchez but 40 years of right-wing governments and the President of the Junta Alfonso Mañueco”Carlos Martínez declared this to the members of the Commission gathered in a hotel in Valladolid.
And for this review, he recalled that in the Regional Executive “there have only been two budgets in seven years; “The PP opened the door to the extreme right and lacked respect for women”. However, according to the socialist leader, “Now Mañueco took the checkbook without a budget and started handing out bonuses“. Faced with this, he stressed, “even in pain, the PSOE of Castilla y León is standing, it has its own political project and a great team capable of confronting an already obsolete project.”
Carlos Martínez, during a speech that lasted more than half an hour, praised “the exercise of internal democracy against those who do not have candidates” and which resulted in the approval of the lists. He thus warned that “The guerrilla war is over”to give way to “the defense of the provinces, including the defense of Valladolid”, which represents “a collective effort that brings together the entire Community”.
He also attacked local parties – UPL, Soria ¡Ya! or Por Ávila–, which he describes, without explicitly naming them, as “siren songs” and “parochial nationalisms”. “It’s better to divide than to double,” he harangued his team, admitting that “I’m not going to avoid the elephant in the room,” to refer to the cases of sexual abuse that have tormented the party in recent weeks. For this reason, he recognized that “we are not infallible and we make mistakes” and asked the participants for “a reaction after the indignation that must arise to recognize us in the feminist policies that the PSOE label has carried out.”
Resolution against sexual harassment
Precisely, the Autonomous Committee approved a resolution according to which the PSCL “undertakes to promote the necessary regulatory adaptations ensure that prevention, protection of victims, due diligence, sanctioning behavior contrary to equality and full reparation of harm constitute a structural part of the organic and disciplinary action of the party.
It is also noted that “the actions of the organization will be governed by the principles of due diligence, victim centrality, non-revictimization, confidentiality and full reparation of damages, in accordance with the standards established in current regulations.”
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