Is the absolving applause for García Ortiz the same applause that Ábalos and Cerdán received?

Yesterday, Spain experienced a new milestone in the process of discrediting democratic institutions by socialism.

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Although the People's Party counterprogrammed this moment by forcing the resignation of Carlos Mazón on the same day (a maneuver that should be studied in the future as a clear example of shooting oneself in the foot), for the first time in the history of Spain, an Attorney General had to appear before the courts as a defendant in a crime. The protagonist of that moment was Álvaro García Ortiz, appointed to that position by Pedro Sánchez. Let us remember that García Ortiz is accused of an alleged crime of revealing secrets, a crime punishable by up to 4 years in prison under Article 417.2 of the Penal Code and in which, moreover, the Supreme Court has pointed to the involvement of the presidency of the government.

We are talking about very serious events. In January, the Supreme Court considered the evidence of criminal activity against García Ortiz to be "substantiated," so we are not talking about any fabricated case or one based on mere speculation, which is the thesis that has been disseminated for some time by the government of Pedro Sánchez and the Socialist Party (PSOE). But as we have been seeing, for the left, there is no solid fact that is immune to propaganda and that cannot be distorted by a good narrative, even if it is based on mere appeals to emotion and lacks any rational basis.

Yesterday, one of the main pro-government media outlets, Cadena SER, highlighted that García Ortiz received applause from his colleagues at the Attorney General's Office before his appearance before the Supreme Court. This news is simple propaganda that seeks to portray García Ortiz as someone with widespread support in what they are trying to present as an unfair process, ignoring all the evidence and indications that have already been published about this case. Basically, the argument is that García Ortiz cannot be guilty because he received a lot of applause.

🎥 Primera jornada del histórico juicio contra el fiscal general del Estado: Álvaro García Ortiz sale entre aplausos tras comparecer ante el Supremohttps://t.co/FsraUsPqNR pic.twitter.com/19fslxuXDo

— Cadena SER (@La_SER) November 3, 2025

Of course, this video has been circulated by socialist supporters on social media as a kind of absolving applause that supposedly proves García Ortiz's innocence, regardless of the facts. The fact is that this strategy of absolving applause is not new. On February 26, 2020, during a plenary session of the Congress of Deputies, the then Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos (now charged with several corruption offenses and ousted by his party) also received a long round of applause from his socialist colleagues:

Andrés Lorite, @AndresLorite, de @GPPopular, pregunta al ministro de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana, @abalosmeco, si “ordenó que se habilitara una zona preferente para Delcy Rodríguez en Barajas con motivo de su reciente estancia en España” #SesiónDeControl pic.twitter.com/9Gj446cZzi

— Congreso (@Congreso_Es) February 26, 2020

On November 21, 2024, the then Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán (today also repudiated by his party after being implicated by the Justice system in several corruption crimes) also received similar applause from the socialist deputies in Congress:

Given past precedents, rather than being an absolution, receiving certain applause should begin to be considered a sign of suspicion. In any case, this applause from the staff of the State Attorney General's Office further tarnishes the image of this institution. What kind of trust can this prosecutor's office deserve when it reacts this way to such a shameful act? The mere indictment of García Ortiz for the aforementioned crime should have led to his dismissal, if only to clear the institution he leads of any suspicion. Instead, they are trying to erase very solid evidence of wrongdoing with applause. This is yet another sign of the institutional degradation being wrought by socialism in Spain.

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Image: RTVE.