Pedro Sánchez: "All my support for President Zapatero"

MadridThe earthquake that has meant the indictment of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the National High Court will have repercussions this morning in the Congress of Deputies. Pedro Sánchez undergoes a control session where the opposition, and especially the PP and Vox, are expected to try to corner the Spanish government over the investigation that places the former Spanish president as the "leader" of a trafficking of influence scheme.

While awaiting what is said in the Chamber, Sánchez has already asked the PSOE leadership to defend the "good name of a colleague, President Zapatero, who did and does so much good for the socialist cause." This is how he explained it a few hours ago in a message to the party's executive, reported by the Efe agency, in which he admitted - albeit - the "hard times" that must be endured after Tuesday's news.

The Spanish government - including Sumar - has so far defended Zapatero's presumption of innocence and maintains the course of holding out the legislature until 2027. But the Popular Party has already made it clear in recent hours that they will not make it easy. For example, the general secretary of the conservatives, Miguel Tellado, argued last night on Telemadrid that everything that Zapatero "could have done" "would not be possible" without Sánchez's executive.

It would not be strange for Vox to go a step further and encourage Alberto Núñez Feijóo to present a motion of no confidence, while the parties of the investiture majority are currently moving between the prudence of the PNB regarding the indictment and the criticism of the judges by Podemos and especially by ERC, with Gabriel Rufián asking the magistrates not to engage in politics. The partners, for now, have given no signs of changing their relationship with the government, which makes them Sánchez's lifesaver.