Politics · Spain · 17 hrs ago
Sánchez urges left-wing voters to back PSOE in November election
Spain’s general election is due on 29 November, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is campaigning for his PSOE party.
At a rally in Ponferrada, in León province, he said voters face a choice between the PSOE and the right-wing PP and Vox parties.
The PSOE is seeking to unite left-wing voters in small electoral districts, where votes for smaller parties on the left may not win seats.
León elects four members of Congress.
Sánchez also called for continued support for public health care, pensions and housing, and urged voters to turn out.
He said 400,000 people who became Spanish citizens under a law for descendants of exiles were being blocked from voting, and asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
The election will decide whether Spain continues with a progressive government or changes direction.
Pedro Sánchez urged left-wing voters to support the PSOE in Spain’s November 29 general election.
At a campaign rally in Ponferrada, he framed the choice as between the PSOE and a right-wing government led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal.
Sánchez said the PSOE sought to unite progressive voters in small electoral districts where votes for smaller left-wing parties may not win seats.
He called for voters to back a progressive government and defended public healthcare, pensions and housing.
He also criticized a block preventing 400,000 newly naturalized Spanish citizens from voting in the election.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez, leader of the PSOE, urged left-wing voters to support his party.
- What
- He called for a united progressive vote in the November general election.
- When
- The rally took place on the Sunday before the November 29 election.
- Where
- Ponferrada, in León province, Spain.
- Why
- The PSOE aims to unite progressive votes in small electoral districts and secure seats and a progressive government.
PSOE
PP and Vox
Election choice
PSOE
Sánchez presented the choice as continued progress and rights under the PSOE or a right-wing alternative represented by Feijóo and Abascal.
PP and Vox
Sánchez said the PP and Vox were promoting what he called false choices and warned that they would bring cuts.
Voting rights
PSOE
Sánchez called for the voting rights of 400,000 newly naturalized Spanish citizens to be guaranteed.
PP and Vox
The article reports that the vote is blocked but does not state the PP or Vox’s position on the matter.
La única disyuntiva a resolver en las urnas con el voto de la gente el próximo 29 de noviembre es si queremos seguir avanzando o abrimos las puertas a la reacción, si queremos derechos o recortes, si queréis a Feijóo y Abascal o al PSOE
Pido al Tribunal Supremo que frene este intento de atropello de Feijóo y de Abascal, porque en una democracia el derecho al voto no se prohíbe, se garantiza
Si llenamos las urnas, gana la gente. Y si no las llenamos, ganan los de arriba
aglutinar el voto progresista, el voto de izquierdas
Sánchez held his second pre-election campaign rally in Ponferrada.
Spain is scheduled to hold its general election.
- Election date
- November 29
- Rally location
- Ponferrada, León province
- Seats in León province
- Four seats in the Congress
- Voters affected by voting block
- 400,000 newly naturalized Spanish citizens
- Small electoral districts targeted
- Up to 15 across Spain
Sources
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