The People's Party (PP) attacks Marlaska, who claims to be unaware of the sexual assault complaint against the National Police: "Resign!"

MadridShouts for resignation, table-banging, and serious accusations. This is what prevailed this Wednesday during the question period in the Congress of Deputies, with Pedro Sánchez absent due to his trip to India, following the Complaint of sexual assault against the head of the National PoliceThe PP has targeted Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, demanding he cover up the case. "We knew nothing and, given the seriousness of the situation, we asked him to resign," Marlaska told the media, after it emerged on Tuesday that a Madrid judge had dismissed him. has summoned him to testify The Deputy Director of Operations (DAO) of the National Police, José Ángel González, is under investigation for an alleged assault involving penetration of a lower-ranking officer.

After stating that his immediate resignation was demanded, Marlaska also explained that the commissioner who, according to the complainant, coerced her into not reporting her superior will be removed from his duties. "The government has done what it had to do, and Marlaska has too," said the Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, during the question period in Congress.

The Spanish government has responded to the PP's accusations, which began early in X, as follows: "If the government has had an alleged rapist at the head of the National Police for at least a month, and now he's leaving, there's only one possible conclusion [...]: until the leader's name came out, it came out, it came out, Núñez Feijóo."

Once the plenary session of Congress began, the PP's rhetoric steadily increased. "Criminals in the Council of Ministers and criminals in the party," exclaimed PP spokesperson Esther Muñoz, who also criticized the alleged corruption schemes surrounding the PSOE and its two former organizational secretaries, José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán. "What are you still doing here, Mr. Marlaska?" the deputy spokesperson, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, raised her voice even further: "It must be dissolved, like Convergència, before a judge does. Your partners are already searching for a name; what will yours be? Neither socialist nor worker," she snapped. "It's nauseating to see you here. A whole minister covering up an alleged rape," went the PP's secretary general, Miguel Tellado, even further.

"You must apologize, it's a disgrace," continued PP deputy Mirian Guardiola Salmerón, addressing Marlaska. Even harsher was PP deputy Jaime de Olano: "After covering up for the alleged rapist and his right-hand man, I don't know."

Marlaska threatens a lawsuit

"If you dare, say it outside the chamber," the minister responded, since inside the chamber, members of parliament are protected by parliamentary immunity when delivering their speeches. "If you say it outside, I will sue you for defamation," he warned, emphasizing that they were unaware of all the facts until Tuesday. However, the minister assured them that he would resign if the victim felt he had failed her or had been left unprotected during this process.

"You are immoral," he also said in defense of his fellow government member, Minister Óscar Puente, whom the People's Party (PP) has also demanded resign over the Adamuz and Gelida accidents. "We can say that you knew about the complaint against the mayor of Móstoles and that you covered it up," Puente added, alluding to the PP's defense of their mayor. in response to the harassment complaint filed by one of its councilwomen"If I were a victim, I would feel like vomiting," concluded PP deputy Silvia Franco.