The PP will ask that the vote on the amnesty for those accused of the independence process be done by voice, so that the PSOE deputies have to show their faces. It is not usual in the processing of laws, but, according to the regulations of Congress, if two parties or a fifth of the deputies request it, the vote will be carried out by call. The reason? Cuca Gamarra, the general secretary of the popular party, said it bluntly: they request it so that everyone can see that they are complicit in the decision to approve the measure of grace. In her opinion, the law, if it goes ahead as it seems, will be an electoral fraud because the socialists denied it just before the elections.
The Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, responded that the PP wants some socialist deputy to vote against, which is not going to happen. According to her, the law will pass with 178 votes, because everyone believes it will be a good measure. The PP has already tried to seek divisions in the PSOE by trying to prevent the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. One of the politicians who had to endure the most pressure was the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, who was refractory to the amnesty, but who refused to influence the eight deputies of his autonomous community out of loyalty to the party.
Surely, Gamarra has read Haruki Murakami, who has written about the inner voice and its public verbalization: “It is always better for people to speak face to face, with their hearts in their hands; otherwise misunderstandings end up arising.” But one thing is what our heart tells us and another is what our head tells us. And a party cannot be an uncontrolled choir, but rather a disciplined orchestra. Another question is to what extent the debates within these organizations are conditioned or are not sufficiently free.
What happens to politics is what happens to tango, it is not enough to have a melodious voice to sing in public. With more or less enthusiasm, the socialist deputies will vote as one man even if they disagree. Carlos Gardel proclaimed that tango must be felt, like politics; in one case, to win the applause, in the other, to tie down power.
