The general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, has sent a letter to the militants to congratulate them on the 145th anniversary of the founding of the party in which he vindicates clean politics against the "mud machinery" that he attributes to an "extreme right-wing international" with haranguing the unit and thanking them for the support he has received in recent days in which he has reflected on his continuity at the head of the Government after the admission for processing of a complaint from the pseudo-union Clean Hands against his wife.
"Today, on the 145th anniversary of our organization, let us demand clean politics. The politics of respect and dignity; that of the debate of ideas based on facts and not on hoaxes," asks the general secretary of the socialists, after ensuring that " "Our democracy, like those of the rest of the world, faces the advance of a far-right international that tries to impose its regressive agenda." "Not through the debate of ideas and the contrast of proposals, but through the destruction of the adversary," adds the President of the Government, who insists that to achieve this "they launch the mud machine, encouraged by the right and the extreme right, along with far-right websites and associations that create hoaxes and lies. "Hoaxes that are then spread in gatherings and on the platforms to later prosecute false complaints, seriously deteriorating our democracy and our coexistence," he denounces in reference to what he considers has happened to his wife.
For this reason, Sánchez is grateful for the support he has felt "from thousands of socialists, progressives, and democrats." "There are debts that, although we will never be able to pay, we must recognize. And I, as your general secretary, have an immense debt of gratitude to all those people, to all of you," says Sánchez, who after ensuring that he has felt the affection and concern for his family and for himself, he highlights that it is precisely "this concern for people that is the ultimate driving force of our political cause", to point out that socialism is "humanism".
In this sense, Sánchez appeals to unity. "I know well that it is not support for me that unites us. Above all, we are united by support for a cause," in other words, "a struggle that is structurally asymmetrical." "We choose to take the side of those who do not have, of those who cannot. We choose the side of the common people against the powerful; not once, but always," alleges the socialist leader to remember that "no generation of socialists does it." had it easy".
And he insists on unity: "If, despite this, we have been able to improve people's lives and change the history of Spain, it is because, in these 145 years, we have each other." "We have learned that when things get difficult, it is the solidarity of our colleagues that is most valuable, our main asset. That is why socialists, who defend diversity and plurality as inalienable values, unite in difficult times with more force if possible".
