Pedro Nuno expresses PS solidarity with the head of the Spanish government

The Secretary General of the PS, Pedro Nuno Santos, expressed this Friday his solidarity with the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez regarding the complaint against his wife, for which the Spanish prosecutor’s office has already asked to close it.

“I have already had the opportunity to personally convey to the Prime Minister of Spain @sanchezcastejon our solidarity in the face of recent events,” you can read in the message of the PS leader on social networks.

Pedro Sanchez’s leadership “actively promotes excellent relations” between Portugal and Spain “and the creation of a freer, fairer and more democratic Europe,” according to Pedro Nuno Santos.

Spanish prosecutors on Thursday demanded that the investigation into the wife of the country’s prime minister be closed, deeming the complaint that led to it to be unfounded.

The announcement of this “preliminary investigation” by a court in Madrid on Wednesday prompted Spanish government leader Pedro Sanchez to say he was considering leaving office, promising to make a public announcement about his future next Monday. -fair.

The judicial investigation into Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, stems from a complaint of alleged influence peddling filed by the Maos Limpas association, which is linked to the Spanish far right.

We are talking about Begoña Gómez’s alleged connections with private companies such as Air Europa, which received public support during the pandemic crisis or signed contracts with the state when Sánchez was already prime minister.

In a text published on the social network X, Sánchez attributed the judicial investigation against the woman to persecution and a campaign by the right and far right, fueled by the People’s Party (PP) and Vox.

The Socialist prime minister, in office since 2018, said he needed to “stop and think” to answer the question of whether he should continue leading the government “despite the quagmire in which the right and far right seek to transform politics.”

Sánchez said his wife and himself had been victims for months of the “dirty machine” of the PP and Vox, and accused both parties of “an operation of personal persecution and destruction” because they did not accept the results of the last elections and realized that “Political attack will not be enough.”

PP and Vox accused him of victimizing himself and staging a “spectacle” that embarrassed Spain internationally to divert attention from various suspicions of corruption rather than provide clarification.

By acknowledging the possibility of resignation, Sanchez received the support of parliamentary “smart” parties, which last November made the current government viable for him and asked him not to resign.

There is also a mobilization of PSOE leaders and structures with public demonstrations in support of the Prime Minister and calls for demonstrations on Saturday.