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Since the abdication of Juan Carlos I was announced, an internal debate has arisen within the PSOE about whether or not the party should support the organic law to favor the enthronement of Felipe VI. Eduardo Madina was not among the voices that asked to hold a referendum earlier to consult citizens. However, Ferraz and the Royal House know that the Basque defines himself as a republican. As reported in these pages , the king took into account, in his decision to abdicate now, the situation that the PSOE is going through, and specifically the announcement by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba that he was resigning from the general secretary and calling an extraordinary congress. . From Zarzuela they recognized last Monday that, given the changes that were coming in one of the two main parties in the country, the succession to the crown had to occur before the departure of the general secretary of the PSOE. The objective of Casa Real was for the socialists, with Rubalcaba still at the helm, to vote in favor of the Organic Law necessary for the enthronement of Felipe VI . The king's entourage explained that with the current socialist leader, the vote for this organic law is assured, while, if there were a change in the general secretariat of the PSOE , that certainty is not so certain.
Zarzuela, however, did not enter on Monday to name the possible general secretaries of the Socialist Party who could put the succession of Juan Carlos I at risk. Well, as PSOE leaders explain to El Confidencial Digital , the party's position on the Phone Number List enthronement of Felipe VI, once the discordant voices were addressed, could have been different if one of those who most sound like the future was at the head of the socialists. general secretary: Eduardo Madina . “ I am a federalist and republican” Party colleagues of the Basque deputy assure this newspaper that “ Edu is a confessed republican ” and, although he has tried to be measured to prevent this position from harming him politically, “he has had reactions that show what he really thinks.” Senior PSOE officials assure this newspaper that “ Edu's position is not only known to those of us who work with him, it is also known in Zarzuela .” For this reason, "surely the possible election of Madina as secretary general was also taken into account when deciding the king's abdication." The sources consulted recall up to three interventions by Madina that demonstrate his republicanism: --In September 2012 , there was a lot of commotion in the Congress of Deputies after the king published a letter, on the newly launched website of the Royal House, censoring, without directly quoting him, the sovereignty challenge of Artur Mas, assuring: “The worst thing we can do is divide forces, encourage dissension, pursue chimeras, deepen wounds.
The Basque simply stated that the PSOE respected “all opinions with political content.” --In August 2013 , Eduardo Madina came out in defense of the republican flag , after the deputy spokesperson of the PP in Congress equated the tricolor flag with the Franco flag. On his Twitter account, the general secretary of the socialists in the Lower House assured, in an ironic tone, that the 'popular' had not acted with "evil", but with "ignorance." --In November of last year , the Biscayan deputy was interviewed by Radiocable.com, directed by Fernando Berlin. During the interview , Madina made his line of thought clear. Asked directly if he was a Jacobin or a Federalist; and monarchist or republican, the Basque did not hesitate: “ I am a federalist and republican .” This phrase, unnoticed by the general public, spread like wildfire internally in the PSOE months ago. Now, socialist groups that support Madina have recovered it, with some more nuances on the occasion of the king's abdication, and have even made posters with the face of the deputy and his blunt statement about his thoughts. ” PP and UPyD en masse supported the monarch's position, but Eduardo Madina avoided applauding the words of Juan Carlos .