The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has stated this Monday that it is a "dishonor" for the Civil Guard that both its director general, Mercedes González, and "her number two," the operational deputy director (DAO), Manuel Llamas, are indicted. At the same time, he has stressed that the head of Defense, Margarita Robles, is "jointly responsible" for the appointment of the highest official of the Armed Institute.
"The appointment of the director general of the Civil Guard is a joint appointment of the two ministries (Interior and Defense). Therefore, she is jointly responsible with the appointment," Feijóo told Robles in an interview on 'Antena 3', which was reported by Europa Press.
The leader of the opposition has underlined that, in his opinion, having an indicted director of the Civil Guard "is incompatible with leading those who have to prosecute crimes." Along these lines, he has stated that "there is much more decency in any Civil Guard barracks, in any town in Spain, than in the government of Spain."
Feijóo has denounced that "corruption has already settled in the heart of the State" and has criticized that nothing happens in the face of these indictments. "It's as if the verb to resign has disappeared from the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy for this Government," he exclaimed.
When asked if he considers that the alleged extortion by the so-called 'cloacas' could have occurred without the knowledge of the Minister of the Interior and the President of the Government, Feijóo replied that "it is not possible." "It is possible that someone can commit a criminal act and you don't know about it," he said, adding that this does not fit with the importance that Sánchez's "number twos" had, referring to José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán.
When asked if the same criterion could be applied to the 'Kitchen case' in relation to former minister Jorge Fernández Díaz and former president Mariano Rajoy, Feijóo replied that these situations "cannot be compared" and defended that the PP "has paid more than enough" and has "paid for its mistakes."
"We have left the Government, we are in opposition, and this matter is politically settled. Judicially, whatever the sentence says, as the oral trial is currently concluding," Feijóo asserted.
Feijóo sees Sánchez's political situation as "unsalvageable"
In his opinion, the PSOE "has financed the sewers" and its number two "directed the sewers," which "begin to function" when Pedro Sánchez "withdraws to write a letter to the citizenry." "What he was doing was the instruction manual for the sewers," he asserted. In this context, he pointed out that "Sánchez's situation from the point of view of political responsibility is insurmountable."
After maintaining that Sánchez is not calling early general elections because he needs a "protective shield" to cover him through state bodies, he assured that the Prime Minister "knows perfectly well which members of his party, the leadership of his party, were trying to destroy the UCO civil guards, the anti-corruption prosecutors, and certain judges" in order to stop the investigations.
Likewise, he pointed out that Sánchez's support for José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is not really for the former president, but for himself. "If Zapatero speaks, if any of those involved in these summaries speak, automatically many members of the government, among whom I include Mr. Sánchez, would have quite a few problems with justice," he stated.
Feijóo also criticized the actions of the president's brother and considered it "absolutely lamentable" that "while collecting a public salary, he does not go to work and goes to live in Portugal to avoid paying taxes in Spain," a behavior he judges incompatible with "any ethical principle."