The Socialist Party (Sanchismo) already has its last two organizing secretaries in and out of prison. Of course, the prosecutor was convicted and the president’s wife and brother were put on trial. Minister Torres may be hurt by Aldama’s statement … A position close to Sanchez could get into trouble when the judge digs deeper into what’s going on in the sewers of Lier Diez. Needless to say, the party’s finances and accounts are also subject to judicial investigation. Yesterday, on the day of the tour par excellence, Congress rejected its previous budgets, and that timid attempt to present them died before it was born. As if that wasn’t enough, both former Minister Abalos and his lieutenant Koldo (also in prison) have a sudden desire to tell the stories of those who you never know where they might end up, but that doesn’t leave anyone in a good place, or at least leaves them on the tarmac of a court.
I understand, in light of all of the above, that Sanchez is upset. I understand that he clings to power like one who clings to a pillar of light so as not to be washed away by water. I firmly believe that he knows, deep down, that this will only buy him some time, but he is not inclined to give up, which also requires courage. His fall into hell is inevitable, but it is interesting to clarify which of the above issues could take such an individual. In any such democracy, any individual might be sufficient, but in a system suffering from the symptoms of demented tyranny, it is not so simple.
The entire national picture has become distorted after Judge Puente’s decision, which exposes the government to an unsustainable situation. Anyone with even two fingers of knowledge knows that the temptation to cooperate with the same justice that imprisons you is in direct proportion to your desire to be free, or at the very least, to see your sentence commuted. This leads to a state of panic in those structures where it should happen: in the executive branch in particular. The Sanchismo fears that the irresistible desire to obtain a reduction of the sentence – for which the prosecutor is asking for 24 years’ imprisonment – will provoke unsustainable confessions on the part of those who deal, for example, with highly sensitive information. Abalos could tell precise transitions — Delcy, for example — and Koldo recorded the conductor’s breathing between phrases. The socialist Ezcolari himself could enjoy the magic solution in the form of a conversation between Zapatero and Sánchez, with the rescue of an airline in the background, which would lead to the collapse of the major structures. Go and find out. The encounter with Otegui almost seems like a joke.
Everything remains to be seen. In any case, Spain does not deserve – or does not deserve, depending on how you see it – a “chaos” like the one we are in now: a government without the ability to maneuver, a party mired in mud, a president impregnated to the point of irrationality, and a bleak outlook for a sleeping country.