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Adolfo Suarez He governed with 165 deputies (47.15% of Congress) and 168 (48%). Felipe González It did so with 202 deputies (57.7% of Congress), 184 (52.5%), 175 (50%) and 159 (45.4%). José María Aznarwith 156 deputies (44.57%) and 183 (52.2%). José Luis Rodríguez Zapaterowith 164 deputies (46.8) and 169 (48.2%). Mariano Rajoy, with 186 deputies (53.1%) and 137 (39.1%). AND Pedro Sanchezwith 85 deputies (24.2%), 120 (34.2%) and 121 (34.5%), less than any of his predecessors.
That, in terms of quantitative. Regarding the qualitative aspect, González in his last stage and Aznar in his first, only needed to agree with Pujoleven if he spoke Catalan in private, as in the case of Aznar, to complete his terms. For Zapatero, only some specific support, and logically paid, from nationalist parties and Rajoy, the support of Ciudadanos who, in reality, aspired, not to eliminate him, but to inherit him. None of them, except Sánchez, had to deal with a coalition government and, much less, get everyone from a party on the right, a real right, Catalan, to the most left-wing groups in Congress, to vote for him not only his investiture but the most important laws.
That, Sánchez is surrounded by corruption, in his government, in his party and in his family, as they say in the Popular Party that, when it comes to corruption, they know what is not written
And, with these wicks, the government of Pedro Sánchez has had to deal with the following baskets, summarizing only the most important ones: a world pandemicmoon economic crisis derived from that, a war in Europe, another in Middle East, the eruption of a volcano in national territorytwo Catastrophic DAMAGES and an energy crisis, among others. And, above all, an opposition on the verge of “civil war” and partners fighting among themselves. By having, it does not have two nationalist partners, but two pairs of nationalist partners who dispute among themselves the hegemony in their territory by complicating things for the Government of Spain.
But, today, Pedro Sánchez continues to preside over the Government of Spain and, what is more significant, there is no alternative to that government in sight in the short term. And yet, they say that Pedro Sánchez’s government is a weak government. Well, thank goodness that Pedro Sánchez does not have 202 deputies. What would you have done in those circumstances?
The DRAE, where you have to go to always know what we are talking about, says how strong the “which has great resistance“But, both concepts, that of strength and, above all, that of resistance, can only be verified based on the opposing forces that must be resisted. One can be, in theory, very strong, but if there is no way to To prove it, you have to rely only on faith to be aware of that strength.
In the case of Pedro Sánchez’s government, there is sufficient evidence that, on a daily basis, it has to overcome adverse forces to which it must oppose what appears to be a weapon of mass pacification: dialogue. Although, as you know, that is not how this ability is known, but rather as his ability to lie on a daily basis.
Just as he who kills with iron can die with iron, the opposition is trying to make Pedro Sánchez “a Rajoy”, that is, censure him for corruption. It has sufficient raw material for this, from the media point of view, but still insufficient, from the judicial point of view, since, until the issues reach, if they reach, a ruling by the National Court detrimental to Pedro Sánchez as was the one that led to the motion of censure against Rajoy, there is still some way left. And, also insufficient, from a social point of view, as Rajoy’s was, for his supporters.
Anyone has bad company, and anyone who is free of it was born yesterday afternoon. But, in the end, you have to choose between stories. Between that of a photo stolen at the exit of a rally and another on a smuggler’s boat. Between that of a minister abruptly dismissed from his duties and others defended to the death once caught with the ice cream cart. And between a party accused by an alleged criminal and another convicted of corruption.
Therefore, there are possible and impossible motions of censure.
And, that, Sánchez is surrounded by corruption, in his government, in his party and in his family, as they say in the Popular Party that, when it comes to corruption, they know what is not written. So much so that, once they had, the PP, a president who was fired for denouncing it and they aborted the idea he had had of changing headquarters, Génova 13, because it had been financed with money from who knows what origin.
But let’s return to the weakness of Pedro Sánchez’s government. As a result of the story, which occurs a lot in the land of Cervantes, Lope de Vega and so many of our classics, we have assimilated that, just as Sánchez is a squatter (remember?), his government, in addition to being illegitimate, is about to fall But, like the dead of Ruiz de Alarcón who enjoyed such good health, the Sánchez government is still alive and well. And, like Ernest Hemingway’s old fisherman, he always ends up returning to port having been saved from the shark attack, even if he does not do so with as many catches as he would have liked.
Even some eminent politician like Pérez Rubalcaba was not very precise when he described “Frankenstein government” to one of the first that Pedro Sánchez formed in 2018. The fictional character that Mary Shelley created, that monster with a very unpleasant appearance, although with a kind soul, would have, it is true, a not very attractive bill, but the ephemerality of its life does not correspond to that of a government chaired by Pedro Sánchez.
And, that is weak.
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