Sensational: the socialist Spanish prime minister considers resigning after accusations of corruption against his wife

The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez , has sent an open letter in which he asks the question whether it is worth continuing to lead the executive after the investigation opened into his wife, Begoña Gómez , following a complaint from the Manos union Cleanas (Clean Hands, a real curse for socialists) for alleged influence peddling and corruption.

This is an unprecedented scenario. Moncloa, home of the Prime Minister, and the PSOE denounce a "harassment campaign" against him that exceeds "all limits". On Wednesday, mid-afternoon, Sánchez published a four-page open letter to citizens on his social networks in which he assures that he will have to "stop and reflect" until next April 29, when he will appear before the media and announce his decision. A moment of reflection to let things calm down and decide what to do.

The cancellation of his agenda concerns the first two appointments of the electoral campaign in Catalonia: tomorrow he would have been in Sabadell and Sunday in Barcelona. Nor will he participate in the Federal Committee that the party will hold this Saturday in Madrid to ratify the third vice president, Teresa Ribera, as a candidate for the European elections.

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— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) April 24, 2024

The president explains that he took this drastic decision after "the attacks" that he and his wife receive from the Popular Party, Vox and the media. On Wednesday, the PP asked the president to appear to provide "urgent and necessary explanations" for the investigation into his wife to stop and reflect.

“ I urgently need to answer the question of whether it is worth it, despite the mud in which the right and far right try to transform politics. Whether I should continue to lead the government or give up this high honor. Despite the caricature that the right and far right in politics and the media have tried to make of me, I have never been attached to this position. Yes, I have it in duty, in political commitment and in public service. I will not enter into accusations, I affirm the legitimacy of these great responsibilities to transform and advance the country I love,” Sánchez states in the letter.

“ This is a harassment and demolition operation by land, sea and air, to try to weaken me politically and personally by attacking my wife ,” he continues. And the president adds: « I am not naive. I know they are reporting Begoña not because she did something illegal, they know there is no case , but because she is my wife. Just as I am also fully aware that the attacks I suffer are not against me but rather against what I represent: a progressive political option, supported election after election by millions of Spaniards, based on economic progress, social justice and democratic regeneration." .

The letter became known a few hours after it emerged that the Education Court no. 41 of Madrid is investigating his wife following the complaint filed by the Manos Cleanas union for influence peddling and corruption after discovering Gómez's relationship with at least one company that obtained public contracts from the central administration.

Begoña Gómez, wife of Pedro Sanchez

Manos Cleanas recalls that a company owned by Carlos Barrabés won a public tender by participating in a UTE (Temporary Union of Companies) with another company. And among the documents presented to participate was a letter of recommendation from Begoña Gómez herself as co-director of the Master in Fundraising of the Complutense University of Madrid.

As reported by El Confidencia and confirmed in legal sources, the complaint, filed a few days ago, ended up in the court presided over by the instructor Juan Carlos Peinado, who opened the preliminary proceedings on April 16 and has already agreed to cite a battery of witnesses to try to clarify the facts. Furthermore, summary secrecy was agreed, so that, at present, the public knows very little about this criminal case.

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