The deputy Pedro Sánchez Madrid yesterday was Sunday elected general secretary of the Socialist Party with 48.6% of the vote, compared to 36.19% of the Basque Eduardo Madina and 15.12% of the representative of the Socialist Left, José Antonio Pérez Tapias in a consultation which involved 65.8% of the militants.
Madina, Sanchez has been imposed in clustering Totana, with a 70% of the membership.
In that group were called to the polls Totana 127 militants, of which 40 (44.94%) gave their support to Eduardo Madina, 31 (34.83%) to Pedro Sanchez and 18 (20.22%) to Jose Antonio Perez Tapias.
In his first speech at the federal headquarters of his party, Pedro Sanchez renewed its commitment to "unity".
"In the PSOE will build not spare anyone, missing people, anyone who wants to pitch in will have the secretary general," he offered.
After thanking the outgoing executive and especially Rubalcaba who has "led" this query, has proclaimed that the door of the election by direct vote of the militants "and not be closed anymore."
For the "enormous" task "to change change the PSOE Spain" Sanchez insisted summon "all" and told them that the first step is to recover the "hallmark" of a party that has "always aspired to govern and has not been content to protest. "
The new leader of the PSOE has said it will be "relentless corruption" and has listed his enemies: inequality, gender-based violence and all other ideologies that do not believe in freedom of women and reject coexistence among peoples of Spain.
Finally, thanks to all party and especially to Totana for the great exercise of democracy shown in yesterday.
