The succession of scandals, crowned by the latest UCO report to Koldo affair and above all the confirmation of the “blatant lies of the President of the Government” encouraged the leader of the opposition to stop letting time pass and take advantage of his only free day on the program to stage the reaction of the PP.
The employer sources consulted refused to provide further information, limiting themselves to emphasizing the “seriousness” of the situation, which can be described as a “national emergency”. However, senior party officials agreed that “the reaction should be to present once and for all a motion of censure against Pedro Sánchez”.
Many of them think that “it doesn’t matter if they give the numbers or not”. Because, they argue, the government does not govern and is “devoted only to surviving, deceiving those necessary, including Congress, and commercializing what belongs to everyone.” According to this theory, supported by certain eminent members of the conservative group, Feijóo’s PP should act “head on”, without first asking any party for a vote.
“Never has a corruption case caught so many ministries, as if in a net,” underlined a deputy, “and in the meantime we are missing the reform packages that Spain needs and the European funds… if we move to a motion to censure, It will be won or not, but whoever does not vote for will present themselves“.
From Brussels, a PP deputy in the European Parliament listed last week’s revelations, almost as if reading the party’s note: “The tickets in bags at PSOE headquartersthe gold bars negotiated with ‘the boss’ Delcy while the ghost tour was organized, the friend with a public salary and an apartment paid for by the plot, the chalet totally free for the minister. “This is all unbearable.”
And he continued: “The civil guards paid by Koldowho corrupts an autonomous president who It was his “darling” and now he presides over the Congress, and he bribes another regional president who is now a minister so that he transmits to his Minister of Health and makes contracts with the commissions…”
“I hope the movement”
Other people consulted within the PP limited themselves to a “hopefully” when asked if Feijóo’s urgent call could be to announce a motion of censure. “But you have to do things wisely, If you present it and lose it, you must wait a year to be able to call another oneand the cases of Koldo and Begoña Gomez They’ve just started, I’m sure there will be more.”
This theory coincides with the popular “calm strategy” in matters of call Sánchez to testify before the commission of inquiry on the Koldo plot in the Senate.
A few months ago, the leadership of the Popular Group in the Upper House included the name of the President of the Government on the list of comparisons. But this Thursday, a long dozen new declarants were expected, and Sánchez still did not show up.
“We will call him,” he insisted last Sunday Borja Semperin an interview given to this newspaper. “But it will be when we have all the data and the certainty that his appearance will be useful so that he has to answer the questions and the truth is known.”
“Action, but with a head”
For this reason, and although this Saturday’s public note was written in an almost apocalyptic tone, a source from the popular leadership tried to lower expectations. “Voters demand action after Sánchez’s lies about Delcy, after the money bags in Ferraz and payments to a mistress with funds from the state treasury? There will be action, but with the head.”
What is confirmed is that Feijóo has given this Sunday’s appeal an emergency status that cannot be postponed.
On Friday, he was unable to call her because he was in Poland to meet the Prime Minister, Donald Tusk and with Frontex; and already has institutional meetings Monday and Tuesday with social agents. “Sunday is the only gap, the answer can’t waitand it is not worth improvising, it deserves a management debate.
This newspaper has also learned that there will be “an announcement”; although sources attempted to “lower expectations.” Of course, without exhaustively rejecting the option of a motion of censure.
THE the response action of the PP will be powerfulbecause it was announced that it would be carried out by the general secretary, Cuca Gamarra. “But as far as I know, it’s not crazy,” said another member of management.
In any case, Feijóo had time this Saturday to discuss with his regional leaders. They all went to Madrid to attend the National Day events. And on the part of a regional barony, we insisted, with a certain eagerness, on the fact that “we cannot call urgently on a Sunday for a simple declaration of ‘Spain is in a situation of national emergency and the PP will do everything in its power…’, there must be something tangible“.
Feijóo, counting his support
At the reception after the parade, Feijóo also did not reject the possibility of a motion of censure, at the request of journalists.in casual conversation. The president of the PP indicated that his party, more than gathering support for this project, evaluates the support from which the Government continues to benefit. For now, he said, There is no contact with Junts nor with the PNV.
In the same line as the most cautious leaders consulted, Feijóo added that “you have to remove the crutch from the bull when it is time”, in reference to the possibility of imminent censorship, “because otherwise it can gore”. Among other things, because neither Basque nationalists “said nothing” for now, and Sánchez’s partners have not commentedEven after all the scandals.
The president of the PP denounced that “never has a corruption plot been so close to Moncloa” as today, with the Koldo affair. In an informal conversation with journalists, Feijóo referred to the former minister José Luis Ábalos as the “firewall” behind which Sánchez wants to take refuge. “But there is no one to stop this,” he warned, because “Sánchez without Ábalos is not Sánchez.”
According to Feijóo, the President of the Government should not even have attended the 12-O without first giving his opinion. “all relevant explanations” during a press conference with questions.
According to the PP leader, the coalition with the parliamentary allies of Sumar and Sánchez “continues because Never has a government president been so cheap like that”.
However, he acknowledged that “there have never been so many reasons to present a motion of censure.” And he recalled that in 2018, Mariano Rajoy He was expelled from power “for less than that and for having approved certain budgets”, he added sarcastically.
