Pedro Sanchez He remains silent for the second consecutive day after announcing that on Monday, April 28, he would communicate his decision regarding his continued position as President of the Spanish Government. This after an investigation was opened against his wife, Begoña Gómezby crime of influence peddling and corruption.
He Sánchez announcement It was on Wednesday, when he shared a letter on his social networks where he canceled all his public commitments until Monday, when will reveal if he resigns. A gesture of which there are no precedents, and which has given way to absolute silence from the socialist leader and baffles Spain.
Spain’s reaction to Pedro Sánchez’s announcement
The reactions to the message Sanchez have been divided into two: on the one hand, the socialistswho love a leader whom they consider unfairly treated, and on the other hand, the oppositionwho doubts the sincerity of a gesture that they believe responds to some strategy.
If there is a region in Spain that has been important for Sánchez, both in the internal socialist battles and in the general elections, it is Catalonia. Under his command, they have regained the mayor’s office of Barcelona after 12 years, and seem ready to win the government of the region in the May 12 elections.
Salvador Illasocialist candidate to lead Catalonia, showed his support for the president of Spain and joined the expressions of support with which the left tries to make Sánchez stay. “From your individual resistance we call to raise a collective resistance and we tell you, Pedro, that we are with you!”, launched the candidate. Furthermore, there will be demonstrations of support from socialist militants see you Monday.
For their part, the other Catalan parties downplayed Sánchez’s reasons for stepping away from his duties, among which he cited being “deeply” in love with his wife. “I’m also in love with my wife and I don’t abandon her,” he said. Pere Aragonéscurrent Catalan president and candidate of Republican Left of Catalonia.
In statements to the press, the former president of the socialist Government, José Luis Zapatero, showed his understanding in the face of “such stark criticism towards his wife and family.” On the other hand, the conservative formation Popular Party (PP), first of the opposition, accused Sánchez of hiding something and of keeping the country in suspense without justification.
“We are very clear that this is part of tactics, we already know it by now, we all know Pedro Sánchez, and everything is always a soap opera, and in this case with an episode that he knows, and here he has us all waiting, a country on pause“said Cuca Gamarra, general secretary of the PP.
Crisis in Spain: Pedro Sánchez’s announcement
Pedro Sanchez, 52, made his announcement a few hours after a judge agreed to investigate Begoña Gómez for a complaint from an organization close to the extreme right. After the scandal broke out, the prosecutor a requested that the complaint be filed.
The truth is that there are no clues as to what Sánchez will decide, but there is the possibility that he will call a motion of confidence so that the Congress reiterates its supportor that he ends up resigning.
If so, the government would become functional and Spain could head towards new general elections in which Sánchez could appear, but which could not be held until the summer, a year after the previous ones, in which the socialists came second behind the PP but were able to govern thanks to parliamentary alliances.
Source: Ambito
