{"id":54915,"date":"2024-02-22T18:53:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=54915"},"modified":"2026-02-22T01:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:00:06","slug":"the-precedents-of-the-koldo-case-the-other-corruption-cases-of-the-sanchez-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/02\/22\/the-precedents-of-the-koldo-case-the-other-corruption-cases-of-the-sanchez-government\/","title":{"rendered":"The precedents of the Koldo Case: the other corruption cases of the S\u00e1nchez government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most corrupt government in the history of Spain, that of Pedro S\u00e1nchez, has just had a new case of political corruption break out.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/23\/corruption-in-spain-sanchez-will-amnesty-terrorism-crimes-for-his-personal-benefit\/\">Corruption in Spain: S\u00e1nchez will amnesty terrorism crimes for his personal benefit<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/02\/perez-de-los-cobos-case-a-scandal-that-points-to-the-highest-level-of-the-spanish-government\/\">P\u00e9rez de los Cobos case: a scandal that points to the highest level of the Spanish government<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This scandal, known as the Koldo Case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20240222\/trama-corrupta-arrasa-psoe-paso-sanchez-abalos-armengol-dos-ministros-cerdan_176652.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">splashes S\u00e1nchez, two of his ministers and the socialist president of Congress<\/a>, as well as the Secretary of Organization of the PSOE. The case consists of <strong>the fortune made by a prominent member of the PSOE<\/strong>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ondacero.es\/noticias\/espana\/cuando-koldo-custodio-avales-pedro-sanchez-mencion-presidente-exasesor-abalos-manual-resistencia_2024022265d721b24129260001ceaf7d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was part of S\u00e1nchez's circle of trust<\/a>, with the contracts assigned to him for the purchase of masks during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are not facing the first case of corruption of the S\u00e1nchez government.<\/strong> Let us remember the previous ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One of the first things this government did was<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/07\/27\/el-gobierno-deja-sin-fondos-a-guardias-civiles-que-investigan-casos-de-corrupcion-del-psoe\/\">leaving without funds the civil guards who were investigating cases of corruption of the PSOE<\/a>, in July 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Around that time, the judicial shelving was also known, at the initiative of the socialists, of<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/07\/06\/el-psoe-tapa-uno-de-los-mayores-casos-de-corrupcion-en-espana-y-casi-nadie-protesta\/\">one of the biggest corruption cases in the history of Spain<\/a>, the case of fraud in training courses in Andalusia, with <strong>an amount of 3,000 million euros<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In 2020 it broke out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/01\/27\/una-mentira-de-abalos-delata-a-su-gobierno-violo-el-veto-de-la-ue-al-regimen-de-maduro\/\">the scandal of Delcy Rodr\u00edguez and her suitcases<\/a>, referring to a leader of the Venezuelan dictatorship who was allowed to disembark a series of suitcases in Spain without any control and violating the sanctions of the European Union against that dictatorship.<\/li>\n<li>Then came <a href=\"-the-highest-level-of-the-spanish-government\/\">the illegal dismissal of a colonel of the Civil Guard<\/a> who investigated cases that affected the socialists, <strong>for refusing to illegally reveal to the Minister of the Interior<\/strong > data relating to the cases he was investigating.<\/li>\n<li>Next came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/06\/20\/sanchez-humilla-a-espana-con-los-indultos-asi-es-como-los-golpistas-se-jactan-de-ello\/\">the government's pardons for those convicted of various crimes related to the 2017 separatist coup in Catalonia<\/a>, pardons that were intended to leave these criminals unpunished in exchange for the support of their parties to the government. <strong>Political corruption committed in full view of everyone and with absolute shamelessness.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After the pardons came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/11\/un-politico-traidor-y-corrupto-que-cambia-la-ley-para-beneficiar-a-sus-aliados-delincuentes\/\">the urgent elimination of the crime of sedition<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/12\/23\/los-detalles-de-la-querella-presentada-por-vox-contra-sanchez-en-el-tribunal-supremo\/\">the reduction of the crime of embezzlement<\/a>, again to <strong>benefit the government's allies in exchange of your support<\/strong>. A new case of corruption committed publicly.<\/li>\n<li>Later <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QhEOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Tito Berni scandal and the Mediator case broke out<\/a>, which included parties with prostitutes with the attendance of PSOE deputies and businessmen, a case that many have forgotten about despite the fact that crimes of <strong>bribery, money laundering, forgery, membership in a criminal organization and influence peddling<\/strong> are investigated around it.<\/li>\n<li>Before the Koldo Case, we saw <strong>the biggest corruption case of all:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/23\/corruption-in-spain-sanchez-will-amnesty-terrorism-crimes-for-his-personal-benefit\/\">the amnesty announced by the government for its parliamentary allies<\/a>, an amnesty that aims to <strong>erase without further crimes of political corruption and even terrorism<\/strong> committed in relation to the 2017 separatist coup in Catalonia, once again <strong>in exchange for the separatists' support for the S\u00e1nchez government<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Spain we have a government that <strong>markets compliance with the law for S\u00e1nchez's personal benefit<\/strong>, which is the most blatant form of political corruption there is. Next to that, the Koldo Case seems like a trifle. <strong>The incredible thing is to see many media outlets justifying this colossal corruption that is the amnesty for the government's allies<\/strong>, on the perverse thesis that the end justifies the means, since having this corrupt behavior <strong >avoids calling new elections that could lead to a change of government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the end, what we have just seen is nothing more than <strong>an exhibition of socialism<\/strong>, an ideology that seeks to expand the size of the State and the government's control over society, <strong>destroying the legal dams intended to stop abuses of political power<\/strong>. By facilitating these abuses, political corruption is also facilitated. What some would have to ask themselves is: <strong>what sense does it make to assume the ideological dogmas of the left and then cry out against corruption?<\/strong> These dogmas implicitly imply political corruption, since they facilitate and promote it. <strong>Socialism is not only a disastrous ideology: it is also a perfect machinery for generating political corruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/psoe\/52993513123\/in\/dateposted\/\">PSOE<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most corrupt government in the history of Spain, that of Pedro S\u00e1nchez, has just had a new case of political corruption break out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,10398],"tags":[11002,13545,21221,693,2721,10641,10796,11462],"class_list":["post-54915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-spain","tag-coronel-diego-perez-de-los-cobos","tag-delcy-rodriguez","tag-koldo-case","tag-psoe","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-political-corruption","tag-socialism","tag-spain"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 07:07:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}