The deputy secretary of Organization and Territorial Coordination of the PSOE, Elisa Garrido, has maintained this Wednesday that the party led by Pedro Sánchez "can present itself as a victim" by considering that "it is likely that there have been people who have taken advantage of the party for their own enrichment".
During an interview on the program 'Las Mañanas de RNE', collected by Europa Press, Garrido emphasized that the PSOE maintains "a clear willingness to collaborate with justice" with the aim of fully clarifying the facts. Furthermore, she stressed that the socialists feel "calm" by being, as she said, "free from suspicions of irregular financing".
However, the leader warned that there are certain magistrates who carry out "specific actions" with "doubtful legal technique" because, in her opinion, they act as "political agents for personal interest or political conviction".
"IT IS POSSIBLE THEY WILL IMPUTE EVEN THE LIGHTS OF THE PRESS ROOM"
When asked if the PSOE fears that Judge Pedraz, in charge of the investigation against former President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, could end up imputing the party itself, Garrido responded that "at this stage of the justice situation in Spain, anything is possible".
In this regard, she stated that, in the current judicial context, "it is possible that they will impute even the lights of the press room of the Socialist Party" due to the "delicate moment of Spanish justice" and because, as she indicated, "there are many judges making legally questionable decisions".
The socialist official added that this view is not exclusive to the party, but rather "it is the opinion of the majority of the Spanish population". To support her argument, she alluded to the latest CIS barometer, released this Monday, which reflects that "only 11% of the Spanish population considers that justice acts with impartiality".
At the same time, the deputy secretary stressed that in the PSOE they are "aware" that within the organization "there have been people with inappropriate behavior" and recalled that, when such conduct has been detected, "they have been removed and asked to resign their seat as deputy".
"We are very capable of clearly distinguishing when we have a rotten apple within and our job will always be to remove it," Garrido concluded, insisting that the party's response to these cases is immediate and decisive.