The former PSOE activist Leire Diezbetter known as “the plumber of Ferraz” and the former president of SEPI Vicente Fernández were arrested for crimes of falsification of documents, fraud, embezzlement of public funds, influence peddling and prevarication.
This case opens a new … crisis in the PSOE since he has to face other cases like that of Koldo, Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, the conviction of the Attorney General or the cases of sexual harassment that have come to light in recent days.
These cases make the front page of the entire Spanish press. Among the analyzes of many journalists, including that of Vicente Vallés. The presenter of Antena 3 Noticias, in the 9 p.m. edition, signs an opinion in which he highlights the “particularity” of the legislative body: “There is no day without a new shock”.
Vicente Vallés says what many think of Pedro Sánchez
For Vicente Vallés, Leire Diezknown for his maneuvers aimed at discrediting the commanders of the Civil Guard and attempting to interfere in judicial investigations, among others, is one of the “extravagant characters who became famous under the government of Pedro Sánchez“.
“Leire Díez turned out to be a box of surprises,” says Vallés, while insisting that the reason for his arrest, the alleged crimes mentioned above, constitute another case that he has already opened for months. The other detainee, Vicente Fernández, is also considered one of Finance Minister María Jesús Montero’s confidants.
Vallés explains that “this new problematic episode for Moncloa” joins the conviction of the Attorney General, the cases of sexual harassment and the Koldo case, as well as “the Government in a clear parliamentary minority; and without budget. With all this, Vallés, to decide his opinion, said what many think about the position of Pedro Sánchez in the midst of all these scandals: “Pedro Sánchez is determined to stay in power, whatever happens”.
“Pedro Sánchez is determined to stay in power, whatever happens”
Vicente Valles
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On the morning of this Thursday, the UCO also arrested Antxon Alonso, partner of Servinabar and personal friend of the former number three of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, for allegations of irregularities in public contracts.