The PSOE did not manage to convince either the political groups to its left or those on the right in its proposal to name Rafael Escuredo, the first elected president of Andalucía (1979–1984), as the "father of Andalusian autonomy." The Regional Congress of the PSOE, which will result in the new leadership led by María Jesús Montero, the first vice president of the Government and Minister of Finance, will be held this weekend. Montero has been championing demands for greater self-government in Andalucía.
For the institutional declaration to be approved, the five parliamentary groups (PP, PSOE, Vox, Por Andalucía, and Mixto-Adelante Andalucía) needed to give their approval. However, the proposal did not receive the necessary support. The PP indicated: "He wanted to set a trap for other parties and they fell into it."
For their part, Por Andalucía and the PP argued that their rejection of the declaration proposed by the PSOE does not imply a lack of recognition of Escuredo's contribution to the autonomy process. They argue that his nomination would overlook the participation of left-wing organizations that organized demonstrations in support of the Statute of Autonomy for Andalucía.
The 30 socialist deputies found themselves alone in their initiative for the Andalusian Parliament to recognize Escuredo as the architect of Andalusian autonomy. Neither the PP, Vox, Por Andalucía, nor Adelante Andalucía agreed with what they considered a "partisan use" of autonomy for the individual recognition of Escuredo.
The PSOE deputy of Andalusia, Mario Jiménez, announced that if he did not receive unanimous support for the institutional declaration, he would present a non-legislative proposal for debate in the Plenary. Jiménez stated that Escuredo meets the criteria to be recognized as the "father of Andalusian autonomy." From Adelante Andalucía, it was pointed out that the protagonist in achieving the autonomy process was the Andalusian people, not Escuredo individually.
