Socialism and corruption: what the PSOE labeled as 'conservative sexual morality'

Younger readers may not have heard of this, but years ago Spanish Television issued a warning to parents..

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In the 1960s, Spanish Television (TVE) implemented a system whereby it used a white diamond to warn of content only suitable for those over 14. Content for those over 18 was indicated by two white diamonds in the upper right corner of the screen. The system remained in place until the 1980s, when the socialists abolished it. Generally, the two diamonds appeared on series and films with sexual content, which is unsuitable for children. It makes sense that the Socialists abolished this system. Let us remember that in 1995 the PSOE legalized the crime of corruption of minors, benefiting sexual offenders who had even abused children.

When the Popular Party reclassified the crime in 1998, during José María Aznar's first term in office, the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) described it as an attempt to impose "conservative sexual morality", a repugnant way of opposing the classification of a crime that had skyrocketed with the arrival of the Internet. At that time, we still had no idea what kind of excesses the socialists would be capable of in terms of sex. Lately, we have learned many details about this, while at the same time, some corruption scandals in Spanish socialism are coming to light.

We recently learned that the socialist José Luis Ábalos, who was Minister of Transport in Pedro Sánchez's government and secretary of organization of the PSOE (one of the most important positions in that party), chose prostitutes from a catalog, an issue that has caused a scandal in the socialist ranks, as if the then minister's habits were not known in his political environment.

On the other hand, this week the scandal surrounding Pedro Sánchez's father-in-law's prostitution business broke out openly. In a report published yesterday, the newspaper El Debate showed evidence that proves Sánchez lived in apartments paid for with money from that sordid business, an accusation that Alberto Núñez Feijóo, national president of the Popular Party, launched on Wednesday in a debate in Congress, accusing Sánchez of being a "profitable participant in the abominable business of prostitution."

Today, the newspaper The Objetive points out that several of these prostitution venues were in apartments rented by Muface, a public body dependent on the Spanish government. The newspaper also refers to recordings made by former Police Commissioner José Manuel Villarejo, which have been known for some time, "audios in which it is allegedly explained how the saunas owned by Begoña Gómez's father were used to record politicians, businessmen, judges and journalists and then extort them". If this is confirmed, and there seems to be testimony that confirms it (as seen last night on the program "Horizonte" on Channel Cuatro), it is worth asking: How did Sánchez benefit from all this sordid business for his political career?

Like other corruption cases affecting Spanish socialism, this scandal has already reached the international press, where Sánchez's image is crumbling by leaps and bounds: yesterday the British newspaper The Times headlined: "Pedro Sánchez lived off father-in-law’s ‘gay brothels’, say opponents". Following this outlet's publication, another British newspaper, The Telegraph, also reported on the matter last night. Neither outlet has yet to mention the El Debate report.

Photo: PSOE.