The Spanish Socialist Party weekend live more convulsive in its history

USPA NEWS - The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE its acronym in Spanish) began Monday a new stage. After the end of the most convulsive week in his history with the resignation of the Secretary General Pedro Sanchez, defeated in his thesis, the party tries to regain its unity.

Saturday will go down in the annals of Spanish socialism as the day the Spanish Socialist Workers Party imploded, after two months during which the breakdown of the socialist unity was confirmed by the formation of two irreconcilable groups: supporters of the Secretary General Pedro Sanchez, contrary to allow a new mandate of the conservative Mariano Rajoy as Prime Minister, and critical management Sanchez, who advocate abstention in the investiture of Rajoy to allow the formation of Government.

These two opposing positions came together on Saturday in a hard socialist Federal Committee in which Pedro Sanchez tried to defend his thesis, but was defeated. Accordingly, the stroke of half past 8 p.m., the Socialist Secretary General presented his resignation. He justified to reporters because he did not feel able to defend abstention advocated by critics. Hours later a manager, headed by one of the regional leaders critical of Sanchez, named to lead the party to hold the next federal congress.

The management should also set the party's position in the forthcoming debate of investiture of Rajoy, who announced that he will present. To be chosen would suffice with the abstention of the Socialists, but doubt that politicians and journalists have in Spain is whether the breakdown of the PSOE will move to the Parliamentary Group and if the whole group or only part abstain. And that depends on there Government or new elections, the third in less than a year. In what all agree it is that what happened on Saturday in the Socialist Federal Committee benefits the conservative Rajoy and about the possibility that Prime Minister is sworn in for another term.

The next few months will be crucial for the Socialist Party. Some leaders do not take for finishing Pedro Sanchez, who could return to lead the party if he wins the primaries to be held soon. Successive seven electoral defeats up to two last years and the constant loss of votes of the PSOE have condemned him politically, but until Saturday Socialist Secretary General has revealed himself as a politician with character and unwieldy, an ambitious politician no waiver to occupy a place in history. And the place he are looking for is not that of a leader who has led the PSOE the brink of disaster and its lowest electoral ceiling in the 137 year history of the party.