Page: "The future of the PSOE after Sánchez will be better"

BarcelonaEmiliano García-Page does not back down. The president of Castilla-La Mancha, one of the socialist barons most critical of Pedro Sánchez, has once again lashed out at the Spanish president, whom he has criticized for his lack of reaction to the cases of alleged corruption that are piling up within the PSOE. In an informative breakfast organized this Wednesday morning by Europa Press, Page stated that the party's future after Sánchez "will be better, inevitably." In his opinion, despite retaining power, the current head of the state executive represents a "very dark era for the party" and, although there will be a "difficult and painful transition" when he ceases to be secretary general, the scenario that will open up will be "better.

Page, who is convinced that the plots affecting socialists will continue to grow, has reiterated the call for early elections in the Statethe instrumental motion of no confidence proposed by the PPthe instrumental motion of censure proposed by the PP to call elections, which he sees as doomed to failure.

Regarding his party's reaction to the judicial cases, the regional president indirectly accused Ferraz of lukewarmness. In this regard, he argued that the party should file a lawsuit against former member Leire Díez, at the center of the alleged plot to dismantle cases affecting the PSOE and the government. "The PSOE should file a lawsuit against her and all those who are tarnishing the party's name. I think it's textbook. They are hurting us," he argued. Defending the presumption of innocence of those investigated but at the same time making it clear that "the accumulation of evidence is immense," Page did consider it "possible" that the supposed investigated plot was initiated without Sánchez's knowledge. "Honestly yes, it is possible," he said.

On Zapatero: "If you get involved in a dictatorship, people think badly"

The socialist baron, who had already expressed disappointment with the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the Plus Ultra case, has reiterated his pain over the details of the case that are pointed out in the summary. He assured that he had never imagined the former head of the Spanish government "in this role" and, in fact, said that he remembered him little "attentive" to his expenses and even "a bit of a disaster". While awaiting Zapatero to clarify everything in his statement to the National Court in mid-June, Page did not hesitate to throw him a dart over his ties to Venezuela: "If you get involved in a regime that is a corrupt dictatorship, right from the start you have many possibilities that people will think badly".