A deplorable spectacle in the Senate
The People's Party (PP) long ago decided to sacrifice the Senate's value as a chamber of territorial representation and a second reading body, turning it into a sounding board for their opposition to Pedro Sánchez. That's why they thought it was a good idea to summon the Spanish Prime Minister to testify before a commission on the Koldo case in a room they completely control. But once again, and this has happened several times now, the PP has failed, and Pedro Sánchez has emerged unscathed from the lamentable spectacle that unfolded in the Senate.
The reason for the PP's failure is the same as always. On the one hand, they went too far with the interventions of their spokesperson, Alejo Miranda. And on the other, they seem oblivious to the fact that they are carrying lead in their wings, since the PP is the least qualified party to accuse another of illegal financing, given that it has received several convictions for paying undeclared bonuses and must bear the shame of having its headquarters on Génova Street renovated with money from kickbacks. The PP also had to face a third problem. And although the People's Party controls the fourth chamber, there are many other groups in the Senate that have refused to play into the People's Party's hands. Ironically, Compromís Senator Enric Morera asked Sánchez if he had killed Kennedy. However, the scenario was ideal for putting the Spanish president in a difficult position. After all, his two most recent party secretaries, José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, are under investigation in serious corruption cases. Although, beyond some undeniably scandalous audio recordings, the Civil Guard has not yet found clear evidence that this is a case on the scale of a Gürtel scandal, for example. Even so, Senator Miranda seemed more concerned with insulting Sánchez in every intervention than with extracting any new information. His questions were disjointed, the thread nonexistent, and the tone chaotic, at times more fitting for a bar than a parliamentary chamber. So much so that the chairman of the committee, also from the PP, has had to reprimand him on more than one occasion.
It has been demonstrated once again that the PP leaders live in their own media bubble, which Sánchez criticizes as fascist sphereAnd they only speak to those who are already convinced. Thus, Miranda jumped from one topic to another without rhyme or reason: now asking about Sánchez's brother, then about his father-in-law's saunas or about Delcy Rodríguez, in an incomprehensible jumble that made things much easier for Sánchez, who simply gave the same old answers, adding a few barbs aimed at the PP.
The conclusion is that if Feijóo expected Sánchez to emerge from the appearance damaged, and that all of this would serve to cover up Mazón's ignominy on Wednesday at the tribute to the victims of the DANA storm, he was very wrong. And the reality is that Sánchez is much more alive today than Carlos Mazón. And perhaps even more so than Feijóo himself.
