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The defeat in the European elections, and the call for an extraordinary congress announced by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, have raised Bases en Red against the current socialist leadership. The platform, considered one of the ideological currents with the most weight within the PSOE, calls for the refoundation of the party. The letter is being disseminated through social networks, the tool most used by Bases en Red to address PSOE militants, sympathizers, and voters. On this occasion, the message is directed to the federal leadership of the party, which demands the refoundation of the party to transform itself from within. From Bases en Red they criticize Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 's decision to call an extraordinary congress: “They want us to believe that the only solutions are controlled congresses and primaries! We want real democratic options ”, They stated on his Twitter profile this morning. Not seeing in the extraordinary congress the solution that the PSOE needs, Bases en Red see a need for a refoundation with two fundamental objectives: --Turn the party into a truly transformative tool at the service of citizens. --Build a political and economic alternative radically different from the right . The letter concludes with the following message: “We hope that our voice is heard, just like the voices that are shouting at the polls. We will take the reins so that the bases and citizens are heard once and for all . “We have only one chance.” The mayor of Jun, visible head of Bases en Red Bases en Red is defined as an internal movement in the PSOE that pursues the prominence of militants and sympathizers in the party's decision-making.
However, it has recognizable faces within socialism. The platform is promoted, above all, by José Antonio Rodríguez , mayor of Jun (Granada). The mayor, one of the most active politicians on social networks, was once very critical of the primaries held in the Phone Number List Andalusian PSOE to elect Susana Díaz as general secretary. Another of the well-known faces of Bases en Red is Antonio Quero , former advisor to Joaquín Almunia in the European Commission, and former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE-Europe. In 2012, he tried to run for the Congress of Seville in which Rubalcaba was elected as leader of the party. When his candidacy was unsuccessful, he reported that his endorsements had been stolen.The still general secretary of the PSOE assured yesterday that he had decided before Sunday's electoral debacle not to appear in the primaries scheduled for November. The reason is that he had verified that he did not have sufficient support in the socialist militancy in the face of the strength of his three rivals. He only surpassed Pedro Sánchez. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba did not have enough support to run in the party primaries, scheduled before Sunday's electoral debacle for November. This is the reason why the still general secretary of the PSOE had decided not to appear in those internal elections.
Now I can say it, I had already decided before this Sunday not to run in the primaries. “Elena Valenciano , Oscar López and Felipe González knew it .” With this phrase yesterday Rubalcaba explained what many in the party sensed: that the eternal politician wanted to remain as general secretary and support a candidate in the primaries who accepted cohabitation. But, as El Confidencial Digital has learned , the reason why Rubalcaba had already decided in private what he admitted yesterday in public is that he had two surveys on the table that left him in a very bad position. These two surveys were carried out by the company Metroscopia, directed by José Juan Toharia . “The first was commissioned by Rubalcaba before Christmas, and the second was more recent, just a few weeks ago . Of course, in the surveys citizens were asked about the five names that have always been popular to go to the primaries: Rubalcaba himself, Eduardo Madina , Patxi López , Carme Chacón and Pedro Sánchez ,” explain socialist sources. Minimal support “Rubalcaba was widely surpassed by all the other candidates . Only Pedro Sánchez was behind, who had 3% knowledge . But Rubalcaba only had 5% support , and was far behind the other three candidates,” explain sources familiar with the surveys. The two Metroscopia surveys therefore made it clear that Rubalcaba's time at the head of the PSOE was over. “You just had to set a date for it. Susana Díaz, leader of the Andalusian PSOE and president of the Junta de Andalucía, and other important barons have pressured him to leave office after this Sunday's results. It could have been before or after.