He president of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Miguel Angel Gallardo, has emerged victorious this Saturday in the PSOE primary elections in Extremadura. Gallardo, who will succeed Guillermo Fernández Varathus defeats the Sanchist candidate Lara Garlitofirst vice president of the Assembly and regional vice secretary of the party, in an election in which a total of 9,644 people participated, 9,024 militants, 501 from Socialist Youth and 119 direct members.
The candidate for the General Secretariat of the PSOE of Extremadura, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, has won the primaries for the General Secretariat of the PSOE of Estremadura with the 56,2 percent of the votes, a total of 4,078 votes. While the Pedro Sánchez candidate, Lara Garlitohas obtained the 42.8 percent of the electorate's favorwith 3,105 votes.
Gallardo, who has prevailed over the first vice president of the Assembly y regional deputy secretary of the partyLara Garlito, will be proclaimed general secretary in the Extraordinary Regional Congress scheduled for March 22 and 23, in which a new stage will open after the 15 years of leadership of Fernandez Vara.
Mayor of Villanueva de la Serena, Gallardo Miranda He joined the PSOE and Socialist Youth in 1995, becoming general secretary of the latter from 1996 to May 2003, the year in which he assumed the mayorship of that town in Badajoz.
In his academic training he highlights that he is specialist technician in Electronic Maintenance from the IES Cuatro Caminos de Don Benitospecialist technician in Early Childhood Education from the IES Al Qazeres in Cáceres and a diploma in Social Education from the UNED.
As Gallardo specified in the face to face he had with Garlito in the debate this past Monday, February 26, the model he will advocate for will be that of a party that will turn «towards municipalism» and with which to search «recover the pulse of the street» and that «give the opportunity to the local world“, one who experiences the emotions of the street because he truly feels what his neighbors think.”
After knowing the results, Lara Garlito has highlighted that “lo important right now is the PSOE of Extremadura“, so after congratulating Gallardo, he highlighted that “everyone is at the disposal of this match, which is what corresponds at this time.” In his speech, Garlito wanted to thank him for “the work, the hope, the strength that the interveners and representatives of this candidacy have done throughout the day.”
«Today the PSOE wins, today we all win and all of us and what we want is a united and strong party,” highlighted Garlito, who considered that, despite not having won these primaries, “the important thing is always that the party wins, always the party, the acronyms are the that accompany us, those that strengthen us and the acronyms must always prevail,” he reaffirmed.