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In the PSOE silence has settled on everything that has to do with the debate between monarchy or republic. The candidates for the general secretary no longer speak in the media about the matter, but at an internal level no one dares to give their opinion either. Deputies, senators, and intermediate officials fear taking positions that could leave them out of the future executive. “ We are in a moment of change and now it is better to be silent .” This is how PSOE parliamentarians define to El Confidencia Digital the situation that the party is going through internally, in the midst of a debate on the position to be maintained regarding the Spanish monarchy and the seizing of Juan Carlos I. The same sources assure that, two weeks ago, when the abdication law was going to be processed, "people were talking because the July congress seemed far away." However, as the date approaches, silence has been imposed in the PSOE : "There was already a lot of debate and controversy before the proclamation and now no one wants to show their paws." Fear of being left out of the future PSOE The key to this unwritten pact of silence is, according to the socialist deputies consulted, in the fear that has spread of being separated by the new general secretary by giving a speech on monarchy or republic that is contrary to the thoughts of the new leader of the PSOE. . In this sense, the parliamentarians of the Socialist Group recognize that " it seems that with Madina it is better not to run in favor of the monarchy , and with Pedro it is better to defend a citizen consultation or a change in the Constitution.
However, “no one wants to take risks” and, with the controversy over the capacity of Juan Carlos I, “we have all waited to see what Ferraz would say.” Nobody intervened in the last meeting of the parliamentary group The best example of the atmosphere Phone Number List that is felt today in the PSOE was experienced in the meeting of the parliamentary group this week, when the party's position was approved regarding the amendment presented by the PP to vote for Juan Carlos I. According to socialist deputies present at the meeting, Soraya Rodríguez was the only one who spoke : “She told us that the federal executive had agreed to abstain because she did not agree with the procedure carried out by the PP, but she did not give any more details.” After the spokesperson's intervention, " no one asked for a turn to speak about the capacity ."Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba surprised everyone yesterday by announcing that he would leave Congress next September and that he would return to teaching. However, the still general secretary of the PSOE had been telling his closest friends for weeks that he was tired of politics. This is what national leaders of the PSOE tell El Confidencial Digital , who have had the opportunity to speak with Rubalcaba in recent days.
In the party "no one expected this decision, although it is true that he had stated that his political stage was ending and that he intended to leave ." Specifically, sources close to the still leader of the PSOE explain, "Alfredo has commented, since he announced his departure from the general secretary after 25-M, that he was really tired, and that he needed to start a new stage in his life ." However, and despite those “signals” given by Rubalcaba, “we did not expect such a dazzling march.” Concern in institutions and businessmen The socialist's resignation has also surprised institutional and economic spheres of the country, where the news has not been received, precisely, with joy. In the current political situation in Spain, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba had proven to be a statesman on issues as delicate as the sovereign challenge in Catalonia or the abdication of the crown. This position of the PSOE leader guaranteed political and economic stability that, since he announced his departure from the party's general secretary, is more in doubt. Now, after confirming that he will also abandon his seat in Congress, businessmen and public representatives recognize their concern about the future of the main opposition party in Spain , on which the economy and the country's state model will depend, to a large extent.