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A calendar for the primaries and not ruling out himself as a candidate, come after a summer in which he has received several invitations from regional leaders of the PSOE to participate in conferences and meetings with militants. Thus, the general secretary of the Socialist Group in Congress has had different appearances in Extremadura (Cáceres and Plasencia), Andalusia (Málaga) and other regions, in which he has spoken about the future of the party and has even inaugurated new PSOE groups. His last visit was last Friday in Bilbao, the 'fiefdom' of Patxi López , another of the possible candidates for the PSOE primaries. His presence in the capital of Biscay, due to the Aste Nagusia, was applauded by the general secretary of the socialists in the province, José Antonio Pastor , who later confirmed Madina's candidacy for the primaries. In these events with sympathizers and militants, Eduardo Madina did not want to confirm if he was going to fight to be the head of the Socialists' list in the next general elections, although he spoke of the need to have a candidate next year . “He is the only one capable of mobilizing the electorate” The conclusion drawn by the local PSOE leaders who have shared these meetings with Madina is that the Basque deputy has the ability to mobilize the electorate .
This is stated by the regional leaders of the Socialist Party consulted by ECD, who add: “He is the possible candidate that most attracts our voters. He represents an exciting change, and people perceive that .” The same sources assure that, privately, Eduardo Special Database Madina has not confirmed whether he will finally run in the PSOE primary elections, although, they observe, "he seems increasingly convinced to take that step ." As announced in these pages, the leader has changed, in recent months, his speech regarding whether or not he is going to present himself as a candidate to be head of the party's list in the general elections. Now, he no longer says no, but he is thinking about it . His close speech makes him different The regional barons consulted by ECD assure that “Madina wins at short distances,” and it is in these meetings with militants where one can most appreciate that “ it is the future of the party .” His “magnificent and approachable” speech is what makes him different from the rest of the possible candidates, according to the same sources.The General Union of Workers has been occupying the front pages of the newspaper El Mundo for weeks for the alleged fraudulent use of public money , originally intended for training the unemployed and for collective bargaining, and diverted, according to this information, to cover internal union expenses. El Confidencial Digital has contacted both UGT and its Andalusian federation to find out what their response will be – public, internal and judicial – to this trickle of information that calls into question their accounting. Your decision: not to respond to this news.
The official sources of the state organization consulted by ECD refuse to make statements about the case. They limit themselves to sending any query on this issue to UGT-Andalucía and insist that it will be this regional federation who will respond to the published information. Internal slogan in UGT-Andalucía: stay silent The UGT-Andalucía spokesperson who has attended to this confidential matter has explained that the current slogan within the union is silence : “Right now, nothing is going to be talked about or said . ” This official spokesperson did not want to explain if in the future the union will take legal action against El Mundo or if it will take any other measure to respond to the newspaper's information. When asked if UGT-Andalucía is considering carrying out some type of audit to defend the cleanliness of its accounts, this spokesperson stressed that internal audits on all the activities that the union has carried out with public money (including those cited by El World) “are already done” and are public, so it is not necessary to do them again. A week ago, the Andalusian management of UGT did react to what was published in Pedro J. Ramírez's newspaper with a statement in which it stated that it would not enter into the trap " in a campaign of discredit and information manipulation ." It also stated that his accounts are “duly justified and audited,” and that they were gathering information to dismantle what they called “a campaign of harassment and demolition.