He President of the Spanish Government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, announced this Monday, April 29, that he has decided to continue leading the Executive “with even more strength if possible”, after the period of reflection that has been taken in recent days, given what he considered a campaign of harassment and demolition against him and his wife.
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Sánchez announced the decision in an institutional statement at the Palace of La Moncloa, headquarters of the Presidency of the Government, which clears up the question about the possibility of his resignation.
““I have decided to continue, with even more strength if possible, at the head of the Presidency of the Government of Spain,” he emphasized, with the commitment to work “without rest, firmly” for the pending regeneration and the advancement and consolidation of rights and freedoms.
Sánchez presented his reflections of these days, wondering whether it was worth continuing or not, and emphasized that the decision “does not mean a one-stop shop.”
“It’s a big deal, I guarantee it,” he stressed.
The Spanish ruler decided to reflect for a few days on the “harassment and demolition” campaign who considers that the opposition of conservatives (Popular Party) and the extreme right (Vox) and media and organizations of the right and extreme right are leading against him and that, according to him, they also use the attacks on his wife, Begoña, to do so. Gomez.
A Madrid court has opened proceedings against her for the alleged commission of drug trafficking crimes. influences and corruption in business, after a complaint from the self-proclaimed Manos Cleans union that is based on a series of press reports, and which the prosecutor’s office has asked to archive.
Sánchez published a letter to citizens on the
Against “the politics of shame”
As Sánchez said today, There is only one way to reverse “this situation,” and that is for the social majority, “as it has done these five days, to mobilize in a determined commitment to dignity.” and common sense, putting a stop to the politics of shame that we have been suffering for too long.”
Thus he referred to the support he received these days from the ministers, main leaders and thousands of militants and sympathizers of the Socialist Party so that he did not abandon the Executive, as well as other political forces and some unions, and who today showed satisfaction with the decision taken.
Sánchez stressed that the step he has taken is for personal reasons, but they are, he assured, reasons that everyone can understand and feel as their own because “They respond to core values of a supportive and family-oriented society such as Spain.”
And he added that this is not about the destiny of a particular leader, since it is the least important thing, as he commented. ““It’s about deciding what kind of society we want to be,” he added. Spain needs a “collective reflectionwhich he has already started to do in these five days, he highlighted.
According to the President of the Government, Spain has been “letting the mud colonize political life with impunity for too long,”contaminating us with unimaginable toxic practices” just a few years ago.
“My wife and I know that this smear campaign will not stop. We have been suffering from it for ten years,” she said before insisting on her determination to continue and to thank “from the bottom of my heart” for the expressions of solidarity and empathy received.
The complaint against Begoña Gómez, Sánchez’s wife, was filed by the Collective of Public Officials Clean Hands, a far-right “union” that has filed all kinds of complaints against what it considers political corruption or economic with harm to the general interest.
The self-proclaimed union put Infanta Cristina, sister of King Felipe VI, in the dock in 2016, in the trial against her then husband, Iñaki Urdangarín, for two crimes against the Public Treasury, of which she was acquitted.
