SevillaBeyond the closing of ranks around Pedro Sánchez and the ambiguities with funding, the PSOE has reopened recurring debates at the 41st congress in Seville. One is that of the state form. “To alter this foundation of our political coexistence (the monarchy) would be destabilizing because an alternative agreement is not possible in our current social and political landscape,” it was written in the party’s framework report, which at the same time maintains that its “tradition cultural and political is republican”. It is already customary for the PSOE to strike a balance on this issue, given that opening the melon of draft reforms to the Constitution is a chimera.
One of the most tense debates that came to the conclave had to do with the feminist field. There was division on whether the collective LGTBI should include those identities that reject gender binarism, which are reflected with the Q (queer) and the + sign. In the plenary session of the Palau de Congressos in the Andalusian city, screams of women were heard shouting “long live the women’s struggle” when a partisan amendment to delete ‘Q+’ was approved. In addition, the PSOE is committed to amending the law so that the right to vote is reduced to 16 years of age and to enable a citizen seat in Congress, the Senate and the Parliaments of the autonomous communities.
Among other novelties, appears the “commitment to advance towards the establishment of self-financing of the church”. What does this mean? The document does not specify it, but socialist sources point out that it could be specified later with an initiative to eliminate the possibility of marking the optional church box in the income statement. In the catalogue, the formation has also approved shielding in the Constitution the revaluation of pensions, homosexual marriage, abortion and gender equality in institutions.
Three PSC members on the executive
Well into the morning, the PSOE has confirmed the composition of the new executive, which will continue to be led by María Jesús Montero as deputy general secretary and Santos Cerdán in the organizational secretary. The spokeswoman will continue to be Esther Peña and the representative of the Spanish government in the Valencian Country, Pilar Bernabé, present in the media recently following the DANA, will be the Secretary of Equality. As for the PSC, it will keep three positions in the executive. No changes: Montse Mínguez, Jordi Hereu and Manuel Salgado.
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