Pedro Sánchez and democracy: he prevents Spaniards from voting so they don't vote badly

There are few things as revealing about a politician as his fear of letting his fellow citizens decide whether he deserves to remain in office.

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Pedro Sánchez came to power in Spain through a vote of no confidence in 2018 with the argument of combating political corruption within the Popular Party. Seven years later, and two years after a general election in which the PSOE lost (it was the second most voted party and Sánchez has only remained in power by making all kinds of infamous concessions to his separatist partners), the Socialist Party has proven to be, once again, as corrupt or more so than the PP, in addition to having mafia-like attitudes aimed at attacking judges and journalists who investigate this corruption, something that the PSOE already did decades ago during Felipe González's government.

Following his 2023 electoral defeat and his attacks on the rule of law, Sánchez and the PSOE have been politically delegitimized to continue governing. This delegitimization could extend from politics to the realm of justice if possible illegal financing of the PSOE is finally confirmed. Right now, Sánchez only remains in power because his separatist allies need him, the weaker the better, to continue dismantling the rule of law and national unity.

In his press conference yesterday, the socialist leader made it clear that he refuses to call early elections because he knows that the combination of the PP and Vox would remove him from power. In his speech, Sánchez dared to deny the Spanish people the opportunity to speak with this argument: "Handing over the reins to the PP and Vox, with their reactionary agenda, would be tremendously irresponsible." It is a statement laden with cynicism if we take into account that this government is allied with the heirs of ETA and the perpetrators of the 2017 separatist coup in Catalonia, political forces whose discourse is based on hatred of Spain and the promotion of inequality among Spaniards.

As has been demonstrated many times, in any other European country, a government besieged by serious corruption scandals would have resigned, if only to avoid dragging the country's image through the mud. In Spain, this is not the case because Sánchez clings to power in the belief that anything goes to keep it, even causing serious discredit to democratic institutions. Yesterday it was already very clear that Sánchez does not want the Spanish people to vote because they believe they will vote badly, because he believes that his personal desires as a politician take precedence over respect for millions of citizens, who do not deserve to be subjected to a corrupt government that attacks the foundations of democracy, starting with the separation of powers.

But the Socialist leader doesn't just want to remain in power for two more years because he's a narcissist who puts his desires above all else. Furthermore, Sánchez wants to dedicate these next two years to guaranteeing himself total impunity, assaulting the judiciary and preventing judges from having the power to prosecute corrupt Socialists. Sánchez's end will be a challenge to our democracy: he wants to subject it to his whims, and for Spaniards to simply watch what happens and pay the bills for the favors he grants his parliamentary partners. It's the old despotism in the 21st century, resurrected by socialism.

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Photo: PSOE.