Sanchez appeals abstension agreement investiture: The leader of the PSOE shoots his ultimatum: a coalition, without churches, now or never and denies the vice-presidency for the discrepancies over Catalonia.

Now or never. This is the dilemma that Pedro Sánchez poses to Pablo Iglesias before the threat of a failed investiture next Thursday and the explosive scenario of an electoral repetition in November. Now or never: the offer of "coalition government" that the leader of the PSOE put back on the table yesterday, and that excludes Churches from the Council of Ministers, will expire if United We Can not support his investiture now.

Sanchez appeals abstension agreement investiture

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One week left. All in is the maximum bet in poker, and Sanchez always liked to play everything a letter. Throughout his political career, he sometimes failed with his high risk bets: he was forced to resign as leader of the PSOE in 2016. But other times he triumphed: in 2017 he regained his socialist command and in 2018 he arrived at Moncloa after winning the first motion of censure of democracy. Now, he wants to win again.

THE KEY TO THE DISAGREEMENT

Sánchez reveals that Iglesias requires him to be vice president and also have two ministries

So yesterday he fired the silver bullet with which he seeks to double the pulse of Iglesias, underlining that the only impediment to a government and starting the legislature is the leader of Unidas Podemos, which imposes as a sine qua non condition to be vice president. Sanchez revealed it to the executive of the PSOE -as confirmed to La Vanguardia some of the assistants-, in the appointment that they maintained in Ferraz. In all the conversations they have had to date, he assured them, "99.9%" of the content dealt with the requirement of Churches to occupy "a social vice-presidency", in addition to placing offices of the United We can lead two ministries , the Treasury and Labor and Social Security, and in the area of ​​Communication. "They are some of the things that have come out in the talks," he admitted later.

And then, Sanchez starred in an interview in La Sexta where he made explicit his message: "Iglesias is the main obstacle to forming a coalition government between the PSOE and United Podemos". But, he warned, "the conditions are not in place for Iglesias to be a member of that government."

THE LEFT GUARANTEE

What irritates Ferraz most is the insistence of the leader of Podemos that "does not trust" the PSOE

He explained the three reasons why Iglesias, in his opinion, can not be vice president. The key political argument is that, at the end of the summer, the Supreme Court will issue its sentence on imprisoned independence leaders. And, in his opinion, will be evident "the main divergences" that maintain the PSOE and United We can before the question of State more serious that Spain must confront. "In private and in public, I have heard Iglesias defend that in Spain there are political prisoners," he warned. "Before a crisis, which is going to need a dialogue government, which is what I defend within the margins of the Constitution, we need to have clear ideas and a cohesive government," he said. And he nailed the nail: "I can not afford to have a vice president who, out of loyalty, all he does is look the other way or keep quiet." He wanted to dismantle Sanchez the promise of loyalty to the Catalan crisis offered by Iglesias. "I need a government with a vice president to defend Spanish democracy, to say that this country has a social and democratic State of law, that the Judiciary is independent of the Executive Power and that no one is persecuted here for their ideas and that they are not imprisoned for their ideas, "he concluded. In addition, Sánchez recalled that in United We Can "defend the right to self-determination and resorted to the application of Article 155". And he returned to vote this week in favor of the reconsideration that JxCat presented in Congress about the suspension of the elected prisoners. "A government with churches inside would not work, it would be paralyzed by its own internal contradictions," he argued. Sanchez said it "many times" to Iglesias, who "does not share it."

The second reason that prevents the incorporation of churches, he added, is of a "functional" nature: the leader of Unidas Podemos does not control the whole of his formation and confluences, as was confirmed yesterday in La Rioja. "Iglesias does not guarantee a responsibility in terms of behavior and in the decisions that are taken by highly-meaning members of his party," he argued. Also Ada Colau, in Barcelona, ​​believes that there are "political prisoners" in Spain, he said. And the socialist Jaume Collboni, explained, yes can border the divergences with Colau on the crisis in Catalonia, to focus on the municipal level, "but can not do the Government of Spain, who is who will manage the crisis we are going to have after the judgment of the procés ".

New appointment with the polls

The leader of the PSOE considers that an electoral repetition will not demobilize

The third cause that Sánchez used to veto Iglesias is one of the ones that irritates the Socialists: the insistence of the leader of the formation of abortion to enter the Government because "he does not trust" the PSOE and only he guarantees that policies are applied Left and not right. "I can not allow someone in the government to enter with the argument that he wants to watch over me," he explained.

But Sanchez again put on the table his offer to incorporate "qualified persons of United We Can". "And therefore be part, for the first time, a party to the left of the PSOE, the Council of Ministers." He admitted that it would be the first "coalition government" in democracy. It was the proposal that Sanchez said he made to Iglesias in the telephone conversation they had on Thursday of last week: to incorporate as ministers "recognized qualified persons" of United Podemos. "I'm not talking about technocrats, or bureaucrats, or people who have no ideology," he said. "And the discrepancy, again, was the participation of Iglesias in that government," he lamented. The leader of the PSOE admitted that if he accepted Iglesias, the investiture agreement would be closed: "Without a doubt, I have it very clear".

And he raised his ultimatum: "The offer is still standing until next week." That is, until the July 25 vote, in which he only requires to succeed more yes than no. Sánchez urged Iglesias to "seriously reflect on whether it is worthwhile" to vote against "a government between the PSOE and United Podemos," and to do it together with the PP, Cs and Vox, just because he is excluded. "The best that Iglesias could do is to take a step back, and allow the incorporation of some of the ministers of Podemos Podemos, qualified, that we can reach a consensus," he demanded. "I do not want to ban anyone, but I do not want the names to be imposed on me either." And he regretted that, the day after that offer, Iglesias dismissed it as "idiocy" and launched his inquiry. "I already experienced it in 2016, when Iglesias has a problem, raises a query to hide behind its members and justify the unjustifiable, and is going to vote no and will prevent a socialist president next week in this country, "he assumed. He assured that it would not matter if he abstained, that he would be "not a shamefactor" and that he would also prevent the formation of "a government of the left".

Therefore, now in July or never: "Any formulation of understanding that comes after a failed investiture next week will no longer be a coalition." The coalition offer expires on Thursday. And in September, everything will be "much more complicated". "I keep the offer until the day of the vote. Afterwards, there will be no offer, "he said. And only he will have to demand "one abstention of all, so that at least he governs the most voted list".

Sánchez assumed that Iglesias can overthrow the investiture on Thursday. "There is a certain risk, I do not want to deceive the citizens and, above all, the progressive people of this country."

But he rejected the fear, also installed in sectors of the PSOE, that an electoral repetition in November leads to demobilization: "I disagree. If the citizenship is doomed to an election, due to the irresponsibility and the blocking of some formations, it will participate ".

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