Santos Cerdán could be representing (if the conditional sentence ends up being unnecessary, the courts will have to prove it) the scandalous and at the same time old episode of economic corruption, when someone sees millions passing by and believes they've found a way to grease their fingers, themselves, the party, or both, until they finally get caught. For now, the indications have been enough to keep Pedro Sánchez hanging by a thread. His criteria in choosing organization secretaries is dubious, to say the least, and if solid evidence of illegal financing appears, the thread will break.
It looks doubly bad for the PSOE, because in addition to the signs of corruption, there is the subtle desire of some in the courts to make Sánchez pay for the pardons and amnesty that have allowed him to remain in power despite losing the elections. If in 2017 the order was "They are afraid!", since 2024 we are in "Whatever you can do, let it do.", and the fact that the man the judge sent to prison on Monday is the same man who closed the deal with Puigdemont in Brussels for Sánchez's investiture is the wet dream come true of those who believe that negotiating an investiture abroad with Catalan separatists is much worse than being corrupt. ~BK_S is the objective, but with the relationship Sánchez has with the judicial leadership, the Spanish president now knows that the worst that can happen to him is not ending up in the opposition but behind bars. "He is on his way to prison," was the summary of the situation formulated by the PP. "Forward", is Ayuso's populist cry. Between Cerdán and Ábalos, they have rolled out the red carpet for the PP so that politics in Madrid is called like Berlanga's film: All in prison.
