He President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchezweigh his future at the head of the Executive, in the midst of great expectation, with all options open and pressured by the wave of solidarity from socialist leaders and militants who, very concerned, ask him not to take a step back.
Sánchez announced this week that he was giving himself 5 days (they will be fulfilled tomorrow, Monday) to reflect on whether it is worth continuing as president, after the campaign of “harassment and demolition,” he said, against him from the right (Popular Party), the extreme right (Vox) and media and organizations related to both , that includes attacks on his wife, Begoña Gómez.
The opening of proceedings by a Madrid court after the complaint filed against her by the self-proclaimed far-right union, Manos Médicas for the alleged commission of crimes of influence peddling and corruption was the trigger for her decision to open the door. to resignation.
Nobody, no minister or any socialist leadereven from your closest circledares to predict what will happen, and all those who have spoken publicly or have been consulted by EFE They agree that nothing can be ruled out.
The feeling they convey is that Sánchez thought about resigning after learning of the complaint against his wife, but that, in order not to act in a hurry, he decided to give himself a few days of reflection, as he explained in his letter to the public published on the social network .
Meditating, but not isolated
Since then, the president of the Spanish Government He has not had a public agenda, but he has not been isolated, since he has held conversations with ministers and leaders of his party, and also with international leaders who have shown their support such as the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
While waiting for the mystery to be cleared up, the members of his cabinet and other leaders of the party admit that there is a lot of concern about the decision he makes, since they confess that there is a certain risk that he will resign and some see it as the most likely.
But they avoid make more assumptions about possible scenarioswhich happen because it continues or is submitted to a question of confidence in Congress, or what is the same, obtaining a simple majority of support in the chamber, that is, more yeses than noes in a vote.
Another option is to call elections, for which I would have to wait just over a month, since it has not yet been a year since the July 2023 elections.
Resigning from office would mean trying to invest another socialist representativeUntil then, the current first vice president, María Jesús Montero, would remain at the head of the Government.
From their surroundings they reject the possibility that Sánchez could aspire to a position in the European Union such as that of President of the Council after the elections to the European Parliament on June 9.
A new time?
Since Sánchez’s announcement, The Socialist Party has conspired to prevent him from resigning. The formation transformed the meeting of its Federal Committee in support of its leader, also supported by 12,500 militants and sympathizers from all over Spain, according to estimates from the Government Delegation in Madrid, who gathered around the party’s headquarters. in the Spanish capital shouting “Pedro, stay.”
This mobilization trusts the Executive and the PSOE to be able to clear up doubts if they still have them and have not yet made a firm decision, and decide to announce that they continue in office.
Your appearance tomorrow Monday will answer the questions and they believe that, in any case, it will open a new time in Spain.
