Sánchez, regarding the conviction of the Attorney General: "Time will put things in their place"

MadridPedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo faced off this Wednesday morning in a new head-to-head debate in Congress, the first since the conviction of the former Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, and his own. subsequent resignation"I am convinced that time will put things right," the Spanish Prime Minister said in response to attacks from the leader of the People's Party (PP). "Who will apologize to the Spanish people?" Feijóo asked, referring to Sánchez's defense of García Ortiz's innocence. The parliamentary question time also comes a day after the Council of Ministers began the process of appointing [new ministers/new officials]. a new attorney general, Teresa PeramatoA professional whom Sánchez praised in his speech. "A woman with a long and distinguished career, recognized, rigorous, independent, and, incidentally, a feminist," he asserted.

The People's Party (PP) had turned the trial of the highest authority of the public prosecutor's office into one of its main weapons against the Spanish government. And after the Supreme Court disqualified García Ortiz for revealing secrets, the PP reiterated its calls for Sánchez's resignation and the calling of elections. Nor has there been any respite from the conservatives after the Council of Ministers announced the new Attorney General: in their view, It is a "continuity" profileThe criticism has been directed not so much at Peramato herself, but at the context and procedure for her appointment, which the PP questions because Sánchez is leading the process. "You are becoming increasingly dangerous for democracy," Feijóo said. The Socialist leader went on to accuse the PP president of "blind obedience" to Isabel Díaz Ayuso, whom he accuses of Sánchez's drift toward dictatorship.

The question time session also comes a day before the Supreme Court hearing to decide whether the court will imprison former minister José Luis Ábalos and his advisor, Koldo García, in connection with the case concerning the purchase of masks during the pandemic, whichHe is one step away from trial.. The Anti-corruption prosecutor's office requests 24 years in prison and a fine of almost 4 million euros for Ábalos and 19 and a half years in prison for Koldo, as well as another seven for the alleged facilitator of the scheme, the businessman Víctor de Aldama.