“There is nothing we can do for him.”

Tweet. At 11:19 a.m. on Wednesday, it worked to reinforce a new line of defense. On the attack. José Luis Albalos in direct questioning of Pedro Sánchez’s argument plan, ensuring that, through overlapping sources, he could ensure that the meeting with Arnaldo Otegi, who is denied by those involved. The storm also reached the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, over her actions during the pandemic and the possibility that she sheltered people in her official residence who had no right to do so. Two events linked to each other and directly linked to the hearings that will be held today in the Supreme Court and which must decide the immediate future of the former Socialist Minister, If he remains free or goes to temporary prison due to the risk of flight.

Socialist sources recognized Abalos’ “nervousness” and, as ABC reported yesterday, their entourage had already distributed a warning to the government: “Jose Luis will not go down alone.” In the party and in the executive, they still maintain that the meeting with Otegui was “false” and did not take place, neither at that time – while the motion of censure was being negotiated – nor later – when the alliance with E. H. Beldo had already been consolidated – but the meeting now is the least important thing. tale. What is truly transcendent is the message conveyed by the tweet, which is that Abalos is willing to “die by murder.”. “It does not matter if what he says is true or false,” said the sources consulted by this newspaper. Aware of the destabilizing potential of a word to one who values ​​immense levels of power In the party and the Sanchez government.

They realize in the executive branch that they see who is Sanchez’s right-hand man “Trapped” by its procedural mode And everything must be read in this context. “He knows he’s going in tomorrow.”graphically summarizes the socialist position that showed amazement after reading the letter. Others are more direct, even pointing out that the criminal horizon – the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is calling for a 24-year prison sentence – that would see him spend the rest of his days behind bars is worrying for anyone. They point out that “people are disturbed by judicial procedures when they see a prison nearby.”Remembering that at his age – he was about to turn 66 – it was an insurmountable wall.

I got the message and I assumed so “He is concerned” about his appointment to the Supreme Court this morningAll the sources consulted are skeptical about the ultimate goal of his movement. “There’s nothing we can do for him,” they decided, given the possibility that he was looking for some kind of cooperation. By the government to improve its procedural status. And they say from the party: “You blackmail anyone who can be blackmailed.”Considering that there is no room for maneuver in favor of the former Secretary of the Organization of the Socialist Workers Party. Attention is directed to the Public Prosecution to combat corruption, noting that the investigating judge usually accompanies the Public Prosecution’s criteria regarding whether or not to go to prison. Therefore everything is in the hands of Alejandro Luzon over whom the government has no influence. This only responds to the willingness of those investigated to cooperate with justice. So far, Abalos hasn’t been open about this. We will see if his change of mind on social media will be reflected in the future before the judicial authority.

In diagnosing the recent change of the former minister, there is also a certain point of regret, especially from those who worked alongside him during a very difficult period in which Sánchez’s rise to power was consolidated, both in the PSOE and in La Moncloa. “I don’t see it as that strategy, but you never get to know people.”They also did not see Santos Cerdán’s involvement in the Public Works Committees scheme coming and devoted themselves to defending him to the end, they say. In any case, the feeling of all the sources consulted is that Abalos will end up in prison tomorrow and that this could have a direct impact on leaking information to destabilize the government. In the executive They suspect that, in order to improve their judicial standing, he will try to criminalize other senior officialsfollowing Victor de Aldama, sends a message to the judge that he is more useful outside of prison.

He has his sights set on Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlasca, to whom he has hinted in the past about his alleged involvement in the plot. In fact, the former minister’s defense asked Marlaska and his second-in-command Rafael Pérez Ruiz to testify in the case of the Interior Ministry’s purchase of masks from Soluciones de Gestión, the center of the Koldo case. Until now, Sanchez’s former right-hand man has been sending letters – somewhat veiled – to prove how much information – whether through documents or conversations – he may have, but he has never launched any direct attacks against Sanchez. He did not dare to do much, which for some sources represents a qualitative shift.

Compensation law

The certainty that he will end up in prison today is so significant that there is even speculation that he may – now – leave his seat given his lack of financial solvency. If the mixed group MP chooses to withhold the register, he will be suspended from work – the ability to vote – and salary, while if he receives such a high distinction he will receive compensation for services rendered, which will bring him income he would not otherwise have.

Although this is not entirely clear either. Sources from the Presidency of Congress confirm this to this newspaper “The compensation is justified for the purpose of compensating the representative during his return to the labor market.”. That is, the compensation is given to cover that temporary space and “does not constitute a contribution as if it were a subsidy” for unemployment. They point out that “if he were in prison, this scenario would not have happened,” although they do confirm that if the circumstances arose, it would be “a subject of legal debate.”