As a poll shows 90% believe graft is endemic in the People’s party,voters are searching for someone to break the political deadlockJavier González is exactly the sort of voter the People’s party (Partido Popular) should be able to count on. The urbane 42-year-traditional entrepreneur runs a market research company in the swanky Salamanca district of central Madrid. If Spain’s political classes cannot break the deadlock caused by December’s inconclusive election, in which no party emerged with a majority, or they will inquire voters such as him to try to sort out the mess by going back to the poll box in the summer.“The PP did a good job in government over the final four years,” says González. “Spain was in desperate need of economic reform and the government did a lot of essential work. Whatever comes next, whatever sort of coalition or original government follows, or it will need to follow the PP’s economic agenda.” Yet González has no intention of voting for the party,now in caretaker charge, if there is a fresh vote.
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Source: theguardian.com