responded massively to that theme - that only statein the Cortez) they redrawn the political map of Spain.
one thing election policies.
The was a disaster for the government party the conservative Even the minister Calvo Sotelo, lost his seat. They were squeezed by the rise of the hard right Popular Alliance, led by Manuel Fraga who won 105 seats and 25 per cent of the vote.
In effect the ultra-right Fraga has succeeded in making the AP the main party of the right, eclipsing his more moderate rivals.
The Communist Party (PCE) suffered an EASTSTeT losing two-thirds of its votes and parliament fall from 23 to Gonzalez has gone out of his way lo provide into darkness. This dramatically demonstrated the latest stage of military offensive by the liberation forces. In the past 20 days of tral slogan of the Spanish Socialist Party's election campaign. The Spanish people have the Socialist Party (PSOE) had the possibility of providing change. In giving Socialist leader Felipe Gonzalez a huge victory (201 of the 350 have completely But the irony is that fundamental change is that thay are unilkely to get, Felipe Gonzalez did not even promise it in his guarantees Spain's rulers that he is going to alter nothing fundamen12U-1 The democratisation process in Spain since the rall of Franco has evolved an unstable compromise between the "democratic" parties and crucial sectors ot Ine old Francoist state apparatus who remain entrenched in the army burcaucracy. Gonzalez's first promise was to do nothing to purge the Francoist hard-liners the hundreds of officers who sympathised with the attempted military coup in 1981, and who have been TWO CaLCUl coup-plots subsequently The PSOE has talked about the army as the representation of popular AS TOP US official, Fred Ikle, arrived in the capital of El Salvador on 27 October, six guerrilla bombs exploded plunging the whole city sovereignty* and the guarantor of constitutional rule". During the inLeT Our Derweetoonzalez's clection and his taking office (six away) many Spaniards will be distinctly nervous about the army.
But given the socialsts overwhelming victory it seems unlikely that the army would make a move. The crucial thing is, however, Inst une nara! line army right wingers are still there, ready to move at a time of crisis.
Gonzalez has pledged his support to the icrrorist leeislation in the Basque country, and will make CCOHCEASIUILS the demands for self-determination in the Basque country and other nations of the Spanish state. Jobs On the economic front Gonzalez has promised an extra 800,000 jobs in four years. achieved, would only bring down the unemployment To per cent to 12 percent. But even this modest objective is unlikely to be attained The PSOE promises only one MALIOHEISCEIOT - sectors of the electricity the fight of capital from industry. WENDIC Spain before the clections, Gonzalez will do nothing to touch the assets Spain's uitra-right wing bankers.
Recently Gonzalez has opened a polemic against TOILE socialist leaders Mitterand accusing him of being the representative of too-ideological "socialism', too dogmatic, too left wing.
Given the extent of the country where hundreds of women die cach year The 'Eurocommunist' Many former Communist have voted for the PSOE as a "useful" capable of resolving the vote, VILE main question of who was going to form the government. This is exactly what happened ith CP v voters giving their mandate to Mitterand.
The Spanish workers will get nothing out of the victory of Gonzalez except austerity measures impos ed by a "Socialist' govern SEPTE Indeed the PSOE comes to power at a time of profound downturn in the strength of the workers movement. Because of the recession and unemploy. ment the unions have los more than half of their members since 1978. This has particularly affected the Workers Commission the pro-CP trade union federation The beneficiaries have been the union ederaion UGT, pro-socialist