The Popular Party maintains that the determination of the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, to continue in the Moncloa Palace responds to his interest in shielding himself and avoiding being left "exposed" in the event that he is charged as a result of the judicial investigations affecting the PSOE, according to party sources.
Given the ongoing court proceedings, 'Génova' interprets that the President of the Government intends to rely on the "defense of the State" structure. "Leaving is being left exposed to the judicial system of this country, and that is why he wants to stay," emphasize sources from Feijóo's team.
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, expressed himself in the same vein this Wednesday, emphasizing to the media that the President of the Government "needs" to remain in the Moncloa Palace to "coexist with the judicial information" that will become known.
"I deeply regret that Spain is experiencing this political situation and this agonizing legislature, but it is clear that the president needs to remain in the Government to try to coexist with the judicial information and try to coexist with the facts that we will be knowing sooner rather than later," he stated in the corridors of Congress, after a debate of almost six hours on corruption.
Furthermore, when questioned by journalists, Feijóo denounced that Sánchez has not offered "any explanation" today regarding these judicial investigations and has "reaffirmed that everything he has done is correct." "I deeply regret it, I apologize to the Spanish people for this spectacle, but this must change," he added.
Feijóo suggests a possible indictment of Sánchez
During his speech before the Plenary Session of Congress, the president of the PP hinted that Sánchez could end up being charged. "What are we waiting for? For a request for authorization to proceed to reach Mr. P.S.? Or is it among his plans that in that case the Chamber would reject it?", he asked, to later emphasize that the head of the Executive "is risking everything" and will continue "covering up" corruption.
In Feijóo's circle, they elaborate on this idea by warning that the groups supporting the Government would have the capacity to block the granting of such authorization. "There is a majority that sustains Pedro Sánchez that can say 'no', and the case falls," point out PP sources.
The Popular Party intends to modify the current system to prevent a judicial proceeding from lapsing if an indictment occurs, a reform included in the democratic regeneration plan that the party commits to implementing if it reaches the Palacio de la Moncloa.
Reform of the supplicatory and democratic regeneration
Thus, Feijóo himself announced at the beginning of the year that, if he reaches the Presidency of the Government, he will change the law that regulates the figure of the supplicatory so that its processing does not lead to the dismissal of the case nor allow a public official to "evade Justice" or guarantee "impunity".
"History will not pardon Sanchismo and neither will my Government. Democratic regeneration is our first commitment," proclaimed Feijóo at the closing of the 28th Interparliamentary that the PP held in January in A Coruña.
Sources from the PP already indicated then that Feijóo's announcement about the reform of the supplicatory had as an implicit recipient the President of the Government, given the hypothesis that he may be investigated by justice in relation to the corruption cases affecting the Executive and the PSOE.