The federations of PSOE in the autonomous communities they are mobilizing its militants and sympathizers so that they attend the rally in support of the President of the Government and Secretary General, Pedro Sanchez. They hope to lead Madrid dozens of buses from different parts of Spain to facilitate the transfer.
In this way, the PSOE seeks a massive mobilization next to the national headquarters on Ferraz street that show close support from the socialist bases to Sánchezafter announcing that he retired for a few days to reflect on whether or not to continue as head of the Government, after a judge open investigation proceedings after receiving a complaint against his wife, Begoña Gómez.
The party tries to close ranks with its leader and send him “encouragement” and “positive energy”, to try to convince him to stay in officeas indicated by the first vice president and vice general secretary of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero.
The call
The former president of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has made an explicit call to the militants to mobilize in support of Sánchez and the federations are picking up the gauntlet and providing free buses to gather thousands of people in Ferraz. The demonstration in the street will occur at the same time as the Federal Committeewhich brings together the main leaders of the party throughout the country, and in which, predictably, they will express their support for Sánchez and their wish that he not resign.
The PSOE leadership maintains that it has not called the rally and that the initiative comes from the militants, but members of the Executive have spread the call, which It will be on Saturday, April 27, starting at 11:00 a.m. from their social networks.
Some federations such as the Balearic Islands also confirm that socialist deputies and senators from this community will participate in the rally at the gates of Ferraz. The Basque socialists, for example, hope to send to Madrid around 500 socialist sympathizers In total, seven buses have been chartered from the different groups in the Basque Country, according to socialist sources.
Other communities
In Galiciathe PSdG make available to the militants three buses that will leave from Vigo, Lugo and Ourense and they will stop in the towns to pick up those who want to travel to Madrid. The Galician socialists will also hold their extraordinary congress this Sunday and have therefore decided to call rallies in front of the town’s houses so that those who cannot travel to the capital can also show their support for Sánchez.
In Asturias There will also be rallies in front of the socialist headquarters and, in addition, around 300 people will travel at dawn to the capital to reach the Ferraz rally, according to the deputy secretary general of Political and Institutional Action, Adriana Lastra, who was ‘number two’ of the party at the national level with Sánchez himself.
Aragon will also send several buses, three from Zaragoza, two from Teruel and one from Huesca and Andalusia, although it will still They have not determined the approximate number of socialists who will move to Madrid, they expect a large mobilization both in buses and in private vehicles. Two other buses are planned from La Rioja, one more from Navarra and another from Murcia, as confirmed by sources from the different PSOE federations.
