The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, urged the PP this Tuesday to register a motion of no confidence against Pedro Sánchez with the aim of "portraying" the Government, which he likens to a "mafia" headed by the President of the Executive, after the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Vox has repeatedly called on the 'popular' party to resort to this parliamentary instrument against the head of the Government, with the commitment to support it. Although between both parties they do not gather enough support for the initiative to prosper, Abascal's party maintains that it would allow citizens to know the extent of the Executive's "corruption" and the position of each political group. The PP, however, has always opposed it, arguing that the motion would fail.
Zapatero's indictment for alleged crimes of influence peddling, criminal organization, and document forgery in the case concerning the rescue of the airline Plus Ultra has reinforced Vox's insistence, which considers that "it is not an isolated event".
"It is one more episode of Sánchez's Government, it is a new demonstration that Sánchez is number 1 of all corruption schemes," Abascal stated in a message disseminated on his 'X' social network account, reported by Europa Press. For this reason, he sees the motion of no confidence as "necessary" to "portray before Spaniards the full extent of the mafia and the position of all deputies regarding it."
Vox maintains pressure on the PP
In similar terms, the spokesperson for Vox in Congress, Pepa Rodríguez de Millán, has spoken, who has assured that there have been no formal contacts with the PP on this matter. "We have asked for it on repeated occasions and having done so publicly (...) I believe the message will have reached them quite well," she indicated at a press conference.
Rodríguez de Millán has criticized the attitude of the PP, which, in her opinion, "remains determined to think that there is a good PSOE with which agreements can be reached." At the same time, she has reiterated that they will not renounce their demand to present the motion of no confidence. "We are going to continue asking that everything possible be done to kick them out," she affirmed.
"Crime" as a political method
Regarding Zapatero's procedural situation, the spokesperson has reiterated that the Government is "a mafia" and "a gang" that "uses" power. "It is not possible to speak of it as something isolated, it is the 'modus operandi' of the PSOE, which has made crime its way of doing politics."
In this regard, he has disapproved of Zapatero's performance during his time as president, his involvement in Venezuela, and the rescue of Plus Ultra, a process he has described as "surrounded by unknowns and alleged irregularities."
Finally, he has rejected the PSOE's suggestion that the indictment responds to "a kind of persecution of the far-right," and has called for judges to be able to carry out their work with full independence and freedom.