Sánchez counterattacks Feijóo: "Be careful, because if you go in as a pope, you'll come out as a bruise."

MadridIn the midst of the controversy over the WhatsApp between Pedro Sánchez and the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos whoin the last four days has published The World, The Spanish president had to survive another scrutiny session in Congress this Wednesday. Once again, he counterattacked by questioning Alberto Núñez Feijóo's leadership of the PP. "He compared the PP congress to the Vatican conclave. From someone unexpected. Earlier, Feijóo had once again emulated José María Aznar with his"Go away"in Felipe González. "Go ahead, call elections. It will save the Spanish people the shame," he told the head of the State's executive.

The latest messages revealed by the aforementioned newspaper show how Sánchez and Ábalos discussed the rescue of the Air Europa company in September 2020. According to the version of the investigated businessman Víctor de Aldama, these contacts had occurred a few days after an executive of the airline, Javier Hidal Gómez. As usual, Sánchez has avoided giving explanations about the content of the WhatsApp and has limited himself to pointing out that leaking them is a crime, and has taken advantage of this to attack Feijóo. PP congress called for July the perfect pretext. "There are no congresses that are called hastily to silence the rumours"of a broken leadership," Sánchez stressed. "He says he called the congress to have the party prepared for an early election. Wasn't the current leadership prepared? What have they done during these two years that they have been calling for elections? He says they must prepare an alternative worthy of Spain. What have you done these two years? What did you present yourself with in 2023? With nothing, just like in 2027. What they won't be able to change is the broken piece that you are," Sánchez insisted.

The PP focused the control session on the private conversations that have come to light in recent days and tried to implicate Sánchez in the alleged corruption of the former minister. 1 and was aware of everything," Feijóo denounced. Later, the first vice president, María Jesús Montero, recalled that this Monday the Supreme Court indicated that there is no evidence of a crime against Ábalos regarding the rescue of Air Europa. Beyond the judicial process, which for now does not involve current members of the Spanish government and the PSOE, the PP. The Attorney General's cell phone and what should have been deleted is Ábalos's. "He's afraid of him," Feijóo added.

The Spanish government has already requested an investigation into the origin of the leaked messages and admits that Sánchez does not "like" seeing his private messages in the media, but that they do not affect him "psychologically." Sources at the Moncloa do not show concern about not discussing the president's cabinet issues, but rather remain "corridor comments." Regarding the content, they emphasize that they do not contribute anything relevant and that it is all "honeymoon." "opposition of offal", in reference to typical Madrid entrails, to criticize the conservatives for clinging to leftovers, filth, nothingness, to oppose the government.

Rufián asks for forcefulness

From ERC, however, its spokesman, Gabriel Rufián, has emphasized what he considers a "soft coup d'état." "What are the right, the far right and the Catalan right doing to go on the offensive?" Rufián insisted to the socialist leader. The ERC spokesman also criticized the content of Sánchez's messages with Ábalos: "I would love to see the WhatsApp between Feijóo and Mazón, especially when the latter was in El Ventorro." The head of the executive has responded by lowering the tone with a defense of the "vast majority of judges" and denying having opted for a "complicit silence" over the last seven years.