The threat to Pedro Sánchez: 'whoever can speak, let them speak'

MadridThe sentence of José Luis Ábalos is an exemplary conviction. Not only for the penalty of up to 24 years in prison imposed on the former minister and former right-hand man of Pedro Sánchez, but also for the prize that Víctor Aldama takes. The corrupt businessman in the case will not go to prison. The Supreme Court imposes a four-year deprivation of liberty that he can avoid thanks, among other things, to community work. It should be remembered that this is already the second benefit that Aldama obtains for allegedly collaborating with justice and talking about PSOE cases: he already left preventive detention to help in another case (that of hydrocarbons) and to provide information that could help with the ongoing investigations around the Koldo case.

The Supreme Court's sentence, however, includes a warning to mariners for other judicial cases affecting the PSOE. It says: "The rule of law must reward with the instruments provided for in the legislation those relevant behaviors that contribute to the discovery and accreditation of crimes of such gravity for the democratic system." To continue: "It is in the State's interest that the investigation be facilitated by the voluntary contributions of the perpetrator. This simplifies the restoration of legal order by the one who has disturbed it. It saves efforts in the investigation, while strengthening the proof of the prosecution's claim."

The translation was done quickly, from the doors of the Supreme Court, by Aldama's spokesperson and Hazte Oír. They directly urged Julio Martínez Martínez, the alleged straw man of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to cooperate with justice. That is, to talk and accuse the former president with what he may have supposedly seen. Hazte Oír has explicitly added that the lenient sentence for Aldama is bad news for all the pending cases that the PSOE has, as it is an incentive for other defendants who are not from the party (or have been abandoned by the party) to collaborate with alleged information with the judiciary. Read here Julio Martínez Martínez, Leire Díez, or even Santos Cerdán. The objective of the framework of popular accusations that extends to all these cases, from Hazte Oír to the PP passing through Vox and Manos Límpias, is to reach the 'one', with or without foundation. It is not for nothing that the complaint from the PSOE and Sumar, who see harassment against their government and openly lament that the corrupter is rewarded.

A new version of what José María Aznar said and which is marking the legislature: it is a whoever can speak, let them speak from the manual.