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The end, evaluating his possibilities, chooses to let the opportunity pass and wait for better times . -- what is going to happen with josé blanco ? He has the power that he controls the most intimate levers of the party, but he cannot walk alone. Everything indicates that he has long agreed with rubalcaba on a distribution of influence. There has been talk that the first could be president of the government and the second general secretary of the psoe, but the reality is that rubalcaba cannot feel very calm if he only occupies one of the two positions; the logical thing is that he wants to occupy both, at least for the moment. Later, he will be seen. Return to león -- several key arguments have weighed on zapatero's decision . One of them, which comes from a long time ago, is his idea that two electoral mandates are enough. And also the evidence that his continuity in the presidency has become a heavy burden for the party, which is harshly punished in the polls for the responsibility that citizens attribute to zapatero for the country's painful economic situation. -- therefore, the mistake last christmas, when he said that he had already thought about it, was not such a mistake: it responded to his plans.
But another argument, and not a minor one, is the complaint of his wife, sonsoles espinosa , about the punishment that the family was suffering, especially his daughters, as a consequence of his continuity in la moncloa. As one of the people who Special Database knows the president best has just said, this resignation “ was owed to sonsoles.” -- zapatero has always said that, when his presidential turn ended, he planned to " return to león ." it remains to be seen if he keeps his word. And he also promised that he would be “an exemplary former president,” and not like his predecessors, in clear allusion to the political management of felipe gonzález and josé maría aznar , who have continued to entangle. It will also have to be seen.Zapatero made the announcement before the party leadership gathered in madrid, after thirty minutes of speech. “I will not be a candidate in the next general elections. Thank you for your respect and for your affection." ,” he said. The news was a surprise but not an improvised decision . As already published on these pages ( see it here ), zapatero has designed a calendar for his withdrawal that included as a starting point the resolution of this mystery that will allow the socialist candidates for municipal and regional elections not to suffer wear and tear. Useless.
An advertisement measured to the millimeter a demonstration that this was a measured revelation is the interview given by zapatero last tuesday to several international newspapers (including el país, as a spanish media outlet) for publication this saturday. The tenant of la moncloa has offered a public explanation for this decision there: “there are people who believe that you can spend your entire life playing in the nba. Or that he can be the best center forward all his life. Well no" . He had also anticipated that the government will exhaust the legislature in any case , thus trying to send a message of tranquility to the financial world. We must remember the request made publicly by emilio botín last saturday in la moncloa. All this shows that the announcement of this step and its staging have been taken to the millimeter. . The decision had been announced a week ago by the main national newspapers. El mundo, público, la razón and el país advanced that this was going to happen , even citing sources close to the president. However, last monday, the secretary of organization of the psoe, marcelino iglesias denied the biggest news: on day 2 there would be no big news.