The author admits that he initially thought the PSC would permanently settle in the Generalitat, citing examples of long-lasting municipal control in places like l'Hospitalet de Llobregat or Cornellà. He argues that the socialists are “trained to manage delegated power structures with abundant public budgets”.
This perception, however, has changed. The article states that the PSC is starting to be a “bluff” amplified by its agitation and propaganda efforts. Politics, according to the text, is not just management, but “making decisions, enforcing them, and making officials believe they must implement them”.
Making people believe that governing Catalonia is like governing a city council can be very costly for them. Neither a president is a mayor, nor a minister is a councilor.
The criticism is confirmed by the “disastrous management of the Rodalies crisis”, problems in Education, and the “time bomb” of the Health sector. Furthermore, the Government is reproached for “neglect” on central national issues such as language and culture, which has earned the adjective of unforgivable.
The article concludes that the incompetence shown in the Rodalies drama has been the paradigm of governing the country as if managing the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. Examples cited include the reaction of figures such as the minister and the security chief, claiming they have proven to be “incompetent” and “ridiculous”.
