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“I have decided to continue with more strength, if possible, at the head of the presidency of the Government of Spain,” he said. Sánchez, 52 years old. “My wife and I know that this smear campaign will not stop. We have been suffering from it for ten years. It is serious, but it is not the most relevant thing. “We can handle her,” he continued.

“There is only one way to reverse this situation, that the social majority, as it has done these five days, mobilizes in a determined commitment to dignity and common sense, putting a stop to the politics of shame that we have been suffering for too long,” he said in reference to the weekend marches and rallies in Madrid to request that he remain in office. These mobilizations brought together 12,500 people on Saturday, and 5,000 on Sunday, according to data from the Government Delegation.

Sánchez He emphasized that his decision “does not mean a full stop, it is a full stop, I guarantee it. That’s why, I assume before you my commitment to work tirelessly firmly and with serenity, for the pending regeneration of our democracy and for the advancement and consolidation of rights and freedoms.”

“We have been letting the mud colonize political life with impunity for too long. contaminating us with toxic practices unimaginable just a few years ago. Let us put an end to this mud in the only possible way through collective, serene, democratic rejection, beyond acronyms and ideologies,” he stated.

He leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) thus putting an end to the uncertainty that began on Wednesday, when he announced that a deadline was given until Monday to consider your resignationafter the opening of a judicial investigation into his wife became known, Begoña Gomezfor alleged influence peddling and corruption, something that he attributed to a campaign promoted by the right and the extreme right against his family.

Last week, a court in Madrid opened proceedings against Gómez after a complaint from the self-proclaimed union Clean handswhich is based on press reports and which the Prosecutor’s Office later requested to be archived.

“A comedy of tearful caudillismo”

In a first reaction, Alberto Núñez Feijóo leader of Popular Party (PP)the main opposition force, accused Sánchez of teasing 48 million Spaniards: “He preferred to flee forward rather than resign. (…) his project is over and may prolong the agony and decay.”

“What he was looking for was victimization and not giving explanations… today he has lost a fantastic opportunity to leave,” he added.

While the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, He warned that Sánchez’s continuity in power is a “threat to all dissidents.”

“It is an extreme scenario caused by an apprentice tyrant,” held.

For his part, the founder of the leftist Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, He said that Sánchez made “a fool of himself.”

“Having made a move like this, having the country in suspense, the visit to the King, the international press talking, basically to say nothing, it can turn against you,” he said. Iglesias.

The former president of the Government, José María Aznar, He accused Sánchez of turning the Executive into a “comedy of tearful caudillismo.”

“This morning we have witnessed a gigantic mockery of democracy and citizens… Let no one be confused. What we have here is a precarious Government supported by a majority whose only program is to decree an amnesty that makes its crimes immune and to confederate a State. Nothing more,” said Aznar.

Sánchez’s message also gained the support of his allies. The first vice president of the Spanish Government and number two of the PSOE, Maria Jesus Monterothanked him for his “bravery,” “determination” and “humanity.”

His partner in the coalition government, the leader of the left-wing party Sumar, Yolanda Diazsaid that Sánchez must “go beyond” the investiture pact and advance a series of social policies.

The former president of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero He said that he is “very satisfied” with Pedro Sánchez’s decision.

“I expected this from the President of the Government, he was right. Thanks to all the colleagues who have supported. “This is good for democracy.” held.

What is the future of Pedro Sánchez?

According to a survey published on Friday by the state entity Sociological Research Center (CIS)36.7% of Spaniards thought that Sánchez should continue at the head of the Government, 23.6% who had to call elections and 20.9% who should resign.

The same survey of CIS It showed that if there is an early election, PSOE would have a 9.4 point advantage over the PP; This is a turnaround in public opinion because a little more than two weeks ago, the right was ahead by one point Sánchez in the monthly barometer.

What will be the consequences of what Sánchez announced? Trade spoke with Enrique Banusdirector of the Institute of European Studies of the University of Piura, who maintained that At this moment the opposition could not force an early election in Spain.

“He (Sánchez) needs the support of the Catalans to carry out the budgets, the Catalans have already said that they are not going to give him support unless he transfers all the taxes to them, which is the old Catalan claim… A The best thing now is that the Catalans are going to get what they are looking for. Will Pedro Sánchez give in? Probably yes, because he is giving in on everything and will probably remain in power, unless things happen,” he said.

At this point, it should be noted that at the end of last year Sánchez He achieved the investiture after a controversial agreement with the Catalan independentists in exchange for an amnesty for those convicted of the independence process, which culminated in 2017 with an illegal unilateral declaration of independence.

For his part, the international analyst Francis Belaunde Matossian He believed that this episode has favored Sánchez in terms of popularity. “At least from the point of view of the last poll, if it was just a maneuver by the socialist, it would have had an effect.”

Beautiful Matossian He told this newspaper that he does not believe that, at least now, the PP will present a motion of censure to force the fall of Sánchez.

Why did Sánchez keep Spain in uncertainty for five days? “I have the impression that now Pedro Sanchez They are going to put him on an altar. Everything that has happened has been shameful.all the demonstrations in his favor, the statements that have been heard. He has done what he has been doing for years, which is fracturing Spain again.… But the consequence will be that there will no longer be any bridge with anyone who then accepts everything he does,” he said. ebony.

“Sánchez has a very marked personality and theatrical gestures, He loves theatricality. And it works. He has the state polling agency at his service, which now gives him almost a 40% forecast of votes, that is incredible,” Banús added.

Beautiful Matossian He said that “for many, especially the right, Pedro Sánchez gives the image of being an unscrupulous person, which is willing to make any type of maneuver for its political purposes, to benefit itself, and to emerge stronger. There are those who think that this has been a pantomime, although it is true that his wife has been attacked, it gives the impression that something was armed. An English media outlet said that it seems more typical of a third world country, but not of a developed nation like Spain.

“I don’t see the PP having the capacity to get him off his horse, it would be another thing if they had emerged now in the Socialist Party critical voices, but there are none. That match is absolutely solid. I do not see that there is a high probability that Sánchez will not complete his mandate,” Banús concluded.