'La Razón' stabs Rajoy to save Fernández Díaz

The Kitchen case is being judged and one of the accused is the one who in this column I called for a time Minister of the Past, due to the sinister echoes of past eras that it evoked in me. Now the prosecutor is asking for 15 years in prison and 33 years of disqualification, and the newspaper La Razón has activated all its machinery to try to dilute his possible responsibility. Let's remember that the former minister collaborates with the newspaper and that the director of the medium, Francisco Marhuenda, was appointed honorary commissioner during his term. The most hilarious piece, out of desperation, is titled “The Kitchen case evidences the political X that never sits on the defendant's bench.” It is evident that X, in this country and universe, undeniably refers to Felipe González, whom many assumed was the one embodying the unknown in the GAL equation. Therefore, the headline is a trench stab at the then president, Mariano Rajoy, with the attempt to make people believe that Fernández Díaz was merely a pawn – a mandao– who executed the order to spy on Bárcenas, which originated “from Moncloa” as suggested.

The newspaper asks “who really ordered the operation to spy on the former PP treasurer” and insists, without providing proof, that “it was not an autonomous initiative of the Ministry of the Interior.” Therefore, in the medium's opinion, “the key would not be so much who executed the operation, but who had an interest in it being carried out.” And from here it mentions the fratricidal struggle between Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and Dolores de Cospedal, so that the blade of the knife does not only stick into Rajoy but is distributed. Or should we believe that Don Mariano only read Marca and the two leaders did as they pleased without his knowledge? I recall that the minister boasted of having the angel Marcelo by his side, who helped him find parking. It is ironic that he has left him parked on the defendant's bench.