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José Antonio Pérez Tapias, with only 38 endorsements more than the minimum required -9,912-, was proclaimed on Saturday as a candidate for the general secretary of the PSOE. Eduardo Madina, who was looking for a one-on-one against Pedro Sánchez, tried early on Friday to leave out the representative of the Socialist Left, but the review of signatures confirmed the third candidacy. As PSOE leaders explain to El Confidencial Digital , each candidate sent six representatives of their team to Ferraz on Friday night, who would closely follow the count of endorsements obtained by each of them. From the beginning it was clear that Pedro Sánchez had comfortably won over Eduardo Madina , as the official results later confirmed: 41,338 signatures went to the Madrid native and 25,248 to the Basque. José Antonio Pérez Tapias had to wait long hours in the early hours of the morning to confirm that he was also a candidate. The man from Granada, chosen by the Socialist Left to participate in Congress, finally obtained 9,874 endorsements, only 38 more than the minimum of 9,912 required. The result was so tight that, according to the sources consulted, “ ballots had to be reviewed again and again .” This “telling and recounting” was caused by the insistence of Eduardo Madina's team , “which requested continuous reviews of Pérez Tapias' endorsements.
The stubbornness of the representatives of the Basque candidacy caused the counting of all the signatures to last until seven in the morning on Saturday . Madina did not want a third candidate The PSOE leaders to whom this newspaper has had access explain Phone Number List that Eduardo Madina wanted to avoid, at all costs, there being a third candidate in the extraordinary congress in July, since he fears a "fragmentation of the vote" that would make him lose options. victory over Pedro Sánchez. Colleagues of the Basque deputy recognize that the difference in endorsements that Sánchez has obtained from him has put Madina on alert: “ He sees a defeat that no one was considering as more than possible .” [OBJECT]In this sense, they explain that “ each vote of the militants is going to be vital for Madina , and if they are now going to divide with a third candidate it will be even more difficult.” The Basque's demands anger the federations After knowing the number of endorsements obtained by the three candidates for the general secretary of the PSOE, Eduardo Madina asked Ferraz to reveal the partial results by autonomous communities, to make public the support of the federations for each of the candidates . Although the national leadership “had no obligation” to make that announcement, it was decided to reveal this data because Pedro Sánchez also subsequently requested it. The results provided by Ferraz were overwhelming against Madina, which only won in 5 of the 17 autonomous communities .
Sánchez won the other 12. On the other hand, the demands of Eduardo Madina, who insisted on the counting of votes and the need to make public the results by region, are angering the regional barons of the party, who privately censure the Basque's attitude so far. of process. Specifically, the regional leaders consulted assure that "Madina only wanted to 'prove' that Andalusia was with Sánchez, but it has realized that there are eleven other regions that do not support him." Furthermore, “these demands denote distrust in the party. It seems that Edu thinks that either he wins, or the congress is worthless .”Pedro Sánchez and Eduardo Madina will be, starting at 12 midnight tonight, candidates for the general secretary of the PSOE, having collected more than 10,000 endorsements, the minimum required to participate in the extraordinary congress in July. The Madrid deputy has obtained more signatures thanks, above all, to the support of the Andalusian federation As leaders of the Andalusian PSOE explain to El Confidencial Digital , Sánchez would have obtained, in the region alone, 10,000 endorsements, being by far the candidate with the most support in Andalusia. Susana Díaz has had a lot to do with this , as she has mobilized her delegates to collect signatures in favor of the Madrid native. The sources consulted explain that the president of the Board has turned to the provincial leaders who provided her with the necessary support to become the only candidate for the general secretary of the PSOE of Andalusia in November 2013. The delegates chosen by Susana Díaz accompanied Pedro Sánchez on his visits to Andalusia in search of endorsements.