The general secretary of the PP, Miguel Tellado, considers it logical that the PSOE is considering articulating joint lists of the left for the Senate, since, in his opinion, the socialist leadership headed by Pedro Sánchez is "podemized" and hardly differs from the extreme left anymore.
"The truth is that it has been a long time since there have been differences between the left and the extreme left in Spain. And, therefore, I am not surprised that Sánchez feels comfortable going on ballots with the extreme left of our country, because his leaning is such that he probably feels more comfortable there," he stated at a press conference at the Génova headquarters.
According to Tellado, "it has been a long time since the PSOE renounced the political center in Spain": "Sánchez has radicalized the PSOE, which has become podemized, and therefore that proposal seems logical, which is the evident demonstration of the absolute weakness of the president of the government, who needs to ally with other parties to save the furniture," he added.
Criticism of the strategy on the street
Moreover, he insisted that the left is using the death of Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman who died days after being evicted from the apartment she had lived in for seven decades, for partisan purposes: "It is evident that there is a strategy to heat up the street to see if there are leftist voters who go to the polls, but they are not going to achieve that the tension and polarization cover up all the corruption that disgusts the majority of society," he argues.
Tellado has warned that "this strategy of the extreme left to heat up the country is a true irresponsibility," especially when, in his opinion, "it is encouraged from the Government itself," despite having been in Moncloa for eight years. "The truth is that Sánchez's situation is unprecedented," he commented.