Zapatero: "the future today more that never is in the hands of citizens"

The President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, today called on the participation of the Spaniards in the elections and was convinced that the future "today more than ever, is in the hands of citizens".

Zapatero and his wife, Sonsoles Espinosa, came at 10: 55 local time (9: 55 GMT) at a College in Madrid to exercise their right to vote, the last time as Prime Minister.

As it is usual, against the electoral college he hoped some dozens of citizens. While some have challenged him, others have received you to the cry of "President, President, both the departure and arrival.

After depositing his vote, Zapatero, of the Socialist Party (PSOE), appealed to the participation of all citizens, who recalled that democracy is the "greatest conquest that as society" has been achieved in Spain.

Convinced that always in general elections the maximum participation is "very" u000a"positive" for the country and for the future, Zapatero said that in the thirty years of democracy the Spaniards had learned that the vote "is the best way to tackle problems" faced by the country and to think that "can be overcome".

"The future, today more that ever, is in the hands of citizens," said Zapatero before displaying sure that today will be a day of "broad participation electoral and democratic than the Spain, no doubt, will be reinforced".

These elections represent the Goodbye political Zapatero, to which the economic crisis marked the destiny of his second mandate.

Spain celebrates today and general elections, which are called to vote nearly 36 million citizens who are marked by the severe economic crisis afflicting the country.

All polls give the conservative Popular Party (PP) winner of Mariano Rajoy against the Socialists, headed by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

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