The suspicious message from socialist Minister Óscar Puente about the upcoming elections

The coalition government of socialists and communists led by Pedro Sánchez is going through a desperate political situation.

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Today, the serious socialist corruption scandals, especially the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, are bringing the possibility of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) being indicted for illegal financing ever closer. This is precisely the red line drawn by some of the government's parliamentary partners who are considering withdrawing their support.

Instead of considering resigning and calling elections, the government has decided to resort once again to conspiracy theories to present itself as the victim of an alleged conspiracy by judges. It's a rehash of the old children's argument that the teacher gives you a bad grade because they have it in for you, but used by a government of a European Union country in a blatant campaign to discredit the Judiciary to intimidate judges and prevent them from continuing to investigate socialist corruption, a despicable and anti-democratic campaign that this week already prompted a strong criticism from the President of the Supreme Court, reminding everyone that representatives elected by the citizens "are also subject to the Law".

Within the framework of that campaign, yesterday the Minister of Transport, the socialist Óscar Puente (a man who remains in that position despite his political responsibility in the Adamuz train accident, which resulted in 46 deaths), following his custom of dedicating himself more to posting on Twitter than to attending to his duties as minister, published two scandalous messages that show the degree of derangement that exists in the government and in the PSOE.

In the first of those messages (above), Óscar Puente stated: "There are those who want to fall or fall involuntarily into the trap of the coup plotters. This is not my case, nor that of the government, nor that of the PSOE." Puente does not say which coup plotters or which coup he is referring to, but it is not difficult to imagine: in 2024 journalists aligned with the government published a manifesto speaking of "judicial and media coups", in a reference to the judges and media investigating socialist corruption, as if investigating corruption when it affects that part of the left makes you something like Antonio Tejero.

Of course, if a minister believes a coup is underway, their obligation is to report it to the courts, presenting any evidence or indications they have. If he fails to do so, it's because the alleged coup is a fabrication intended to criminalize those investigating socialist corruption. The problem is that this fabrication is losing ground every day. There is already so much evidence of socialist scandals that some left-wing journalists are distancing themselves from the PSOE, and that's precisely what Puente is trying to prevent.

Puente's second message (above) goes from a hoax to a threatening tone, something not unusual for a minister known for his rudeness and arrogant, cocky attitude. In this message, the minister states: "Whoever says we should leave the government with our hands up will leave the elections with their tails between their legs. That's settled." A curious statement, considering that two of the PSOE's most recent organizational secretaries (including a minister) have recently been imprisoned for such scandals.

Moreover, Puente's forecast contrasts sharply with the poor results shown by almost all electoral polls for the PSOE. The only exception is the surveys conducted by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), controlled by the government, which consistently show a clear bias in favor of the PSOE. We are talking about a government headed by a socialist leader who, in October 2016, caused a scandal within his own party due to electoral fraud in the primary elections to choose a new general secretary.

When a minister in that government speaks with such certainty about the outcome of the upcoming general elections, we have legitimate reasons to suspect, especially considering the precedent of 2016 and the manipulation of the electoral register that the government is carrying out with the so-called Grandchildren Law. Perhaps the rigged results from the CIS (Center for Sociological Research) are an attempt to justify a possible electoral rigging? Given what we've seen, the next general elections in Spain should have an army of international observers to guarantee their fairness, because currently Spaniards no longer have any reason to trust this government, which invents conspiracy theories to cover up its corruption cases and intimidate judges.

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Photo: PSOE. The President of the Government of Spain and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, with the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, at a public event of the PSOE in Valladolid on June 1, 2024.