The plan is to disinfect the PSOE from the Sanchista virus
BarcelonaAt what point did Pedro Sánchez become enemy number 1 of this triumvirate made up of the Spanish right, the deep state, and the Madrid establishment? We can place this point of no return in May 2021, when the president of the government announced his intention to pardon the Catalan political prisoners. That was the turning point, the inflection point. Sánchez was no longer one of their own.
The Spanish democracy, heir to the 1978 pact, has much narrower limits than some think, and those who have discovered this abruptly have been the socialists, who are now tasting the same medicine that the independentists suffered before. A very clear boundary is that justice could not be amended, especially on an issue as important as the unity of the homeland. Since then, it can be stated that Sánchez's government has been in open war with the judiciary, a power of the State that was not de-Francoized in its day and in which alignment with conservative ideas is the majority.
It is from that moment that the deep state is activated, an informal network in which judges, police commanders, high-ranking officials, etc., with a lot of power in their hands, have a place. Their first reaction is one of stupefaction and then rage, but they are calm. Everyone in Madrid is convinced that in 2023 there will be a change of government and things will return to normal. But on 23-J the surprise is immense. Sánchez has beaten them.
Total war
In this second term, the war has already been total and the amnesty law acts as a catalyst. But it is soon seen that the only way to bring down Sánchez is with corruption, as happened with Felipe. And upon my word, they have found material that, conveniently presented, is lethal for the PSOE. It is always said that mistakes are made under pressure. Catalan independence did so during the Procés, and it seems the PSOE has done so by crudely trying to stop judges and prosecutors. This is a war the PSOE could not win, especially with figures like José Luis Ábalos or Leire Díez.
The PSOE now faces not only an electoral risk but an existential one. The hunt will not stop and will target the main leaders, Pedro Sánchez among them. The objective is to disinfect the PSOE of the Sanchista virus, which is also Zapaterista, and return to the Felipista path. The offer that future leaders will receive will be very clear: renounce Sánchez and Zapatero and you can re-enter the game of parliamentary "turnismo" and the distribution of perks. This is also what the Madrid establishment would want to affirm its power with respect to the periphery. This is what is coming. Regardless of whether the PSOE's corruption is more or less real, more or less serious. And what is evident is that Sánchez decided to go to war without first looking at what he had at home.
The details
In a moment of general depression for the PSOE, there is still someone who believes in victory. The former director of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government of Spain, Iván Redondo, is presenting his book El manual these days with different interviews, and in them he insists that Sánchez is the only socialist candidate who can bring the party, despite the current crisis, to the threshold of 30% of the votes and dispute victory against Feijóo's PP, whom he sees in the hands of Vox.
The Community of Madrid already exceeds seven million inhabitants and its president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, said this week during the presentation of her housing plan that they aim to reach eight million by the year 2040. Ayuso represents within the PP the commitment to population growth through immigration, which distances her from the far-right Vox. However, the CCAA that is growing fastest in population is not Madrid or Catalonia, but the Valencian Country.