Sánchez appears at 12:00 p.m.
The president of the Government, Pedro Sanchezwill communicate his intention to resign as President of the Government or to continue in an appearance called at the Moncloa Palace at 12:00 p.m.
“A personal decision”
Believe Salvador Illa, PSC candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia, that Pedro Sánchez has not decided his resignation or continuity “in any key other than personal.” He says it in an interview that he publishes this Monday The world. Illa defends that “power must have appropriate controls,” but that “what cannot be done is dehumanize the adversary,” as she assures is the case with Sánchez. Asked about the possible existence of lawfareclaims to be very respectful of justice, although “there are people and approaches that seek to exploit institutions.”
What the covers say: “How come no one saw this coming?”
The press is unanimous in its commitment to opening, but no one knows anything, as even close collaborators of the president still do not know at this time.
The country It opens with a piece by Carlos E. Cué, titled ‘Total uncertainty in the face of Pedro Sánchez’s silence about his decision’. In The world Raúl Piña and Marta Belver sign: ‘The PSOE awaits Sánchez’s verdict, mired in dismay: “How is it possible that no one did anything to prevent this?”’.
The confidential It is one of the media that has published sensitive information about Begoña Gómez; Their bet this Monday was: ‘A disoriented PSOE without clues awaits Sánchez: the “majority” feeling is that he is leaving’, a text by Marisol Hernández. ‘Sánchez takes the PSOE to the limit and only a minority believes that he will continue’, she headlines ABCwritten by Víctor Ruiz de Almirón and Mariano Alonso.
In The Spanish, Fernando Garea anticipates a before and after: ‘Sánchez writes today his future and that of the PSOE: “He will have made the decision with Begoña and his daughters”’. Juan Carlos Merino signs the piece he heads The vanguard: ‘Sánchez today clears up the question of his resignation in a climate of uncertainty.’
These are just some of the examples of the work of colleagues, whom he waits for, as in Infobae Spaina long day but also politically vibrant.
Pension, security or driver: all the benefits of a former president
If Pedro Sánchez resigns, he will join the list of former presidents of Spain. The law establishes a series of benefits for all those who have held this responsibility, which guarantee their solvency and personal security. Sánchez would/will be (sooner or later) the sixth former president of our democracy and these will be the resources that he will have at his disposal.
The PP prepares the reaction in Genoa
There will be an appearance in Moncloa and there will also be one in Genoa. This Monday, Alberto Núñez Feijóo He presides over the PP Steering Committee, pending Pedro Sánchez’s decision. The party will speak after the president. In the opinion of Núñez Feijóo, as he has expressed in recent hours, Sánchez “represents the past” whatever he decides after having brought “decadence and division” to Spain. “He will be forever marked by the decadence he has brought to our country; He may be able to stretch out the agony more or less, but he already represents the past,” he proclaimed this Sunday at a rally in Lleida alongside the candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat Alejandro Fernández.
Only one president has resigned
To date, only one president has resigned. Was Adolfo Suarezon January 29, 1981, in an appearance broadcast on television: “I irrevocably present my resignation as President of the Government,” proclaimed the leader of UCD, cornered by the opposition exercised by Felipe Gonzalezbut also because of the “sabre rattling” prior to the attempted coup d’état on 23-F and the divisions within her own party, says Pilar Araque Conde in this chronicle prior to the expected moment on Monday, with several scenarios and a certainty.
At what time does Sánchez appear?
Moncloa does not reveal what time Sánchez speaks. The official agenda does not include any act by the President of the Government, who must appear this Monday to announce his decision. He also can’t make sure that he will do it in the morning.
Sánchez’s four options
Pedro Sánchez has four options this Monday in his announcement. The absolute secrecy with which he has made this decision makes it impossible to predict which of them he has opted for. The first is that he continues to lead the Government; the second, that it raises a question of trust; the third, to call general elections; the fourth, that he resigns and a new PSOE candidate must pass an investiture. Only one of them involves things continuing as before; In the rest, it is either outside or submitted to the will of either Congress or the citizens through the ballot box.
‘For the love of democracy’
Several thousand people – 5,000 attendees, according to the Government Delegation – demonstrated this Sunday through the streets of Madrid and to the Congress of Deputies “for the love of democracy”, as the motto of the call stated. In particular, to ask Pedro Sánchez not to give up and continue as president. Among the participants, the Minister of Health, Monica Garciaor Sumar’s spokesperson in Congress, Íñigo Errejón.
Pedro Sánchez announces his decision
Pedro Sanchez He has kept the country in suspense since Wednesday, when he addressed a letter to the citizens announcing that he was canceling his public agenda and giving himself five days, until this Monday, to consider his resignation as President of the Government following news that became known that same day. the opening of proceedings against his wife, Begoña Gómez, for alleged influence peddling and corruption in business. For Sánchez, only the latest chapter in a political, judicial and media offensive orchestrated to bring him down.
