{"id":59878,"date":"2025-06-12T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=59878"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:33:51","slug":"socialist-corruption-in-spain-briefly-explained-to-people-from-other-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/06\/12\/socialist-corruption-in-spain-briefly-explained-to-people-from-other-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist corruption in Spain briefly explained to people from other countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is facing constant political corruption scandals involving the Socialists.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/06\/09\/the-democratic-abnormality-of-a-president-of-government-who-is-running-away-from-the-media\/\">The democratic abnormality of a president of government who is running away from the media<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/17\/pedro-sanchezs-gag-plan-imitates-francos-and-putins-measures-to-control-the-media\/\">Pedro Sanchez's 'Gag Plan' imitates Franco's and Putin's measures to control the media<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Both <strong>Pedro S\u00e1nchez's socialist government and his personal entourage and party, the PSOE<\/strong>, are embroiled in several corruption cases that are currently difficult to follow. Therefore, <strong>this article aims to briefly summarize these scandals for people in other countries<\/strong>, in order to offer a general overview that helps them understand the seriousness of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, <strong>the Justice is officially investigating the following people close to Pedro S\u00e1nchez, his government, and his party for various crimes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>His wife Bego\u00f1a G\u00f3mez<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ondacero.es\/noticias\/espana\/cuatro-delitos-que-investiga-begona-gomez_202412186762b7c7af21750001fa9848.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charged with four crimes<\/a>: influence peddling, business corruption, misappropriation and intrusion, allegedly for taking advantage of her position in her private businesses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>His brother David S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250522\/juez-rechaza-recurso-hermano-sanchez-confirma-procesamiento-prevaricacion-trafico-influencias_299648.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">under judicial prosecution for two crimes<\/a>: prevarication and influence peddling, for obtaining a public job expressly created for him because he is the brother of who he is.<\/li>\n<li><strong>His Attorney General \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz<\/strong> (S\u00e1nchez was the one who appointed him to the post, since in Spain the prosecutor's office actually depends on the government) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250609\/supremo-envia-juicio-garcia-ortiz-delito-revelacion-secretos_305388.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is being prosecuted for the crime of revealing secrets<\/a>, for allegedly having disseminated confidential information in the framework of a socialist operation against the boyfriend of a political rival.<\/li>\n<li><strong>His former Transport Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis \u00c1balos<\/strong>, who until July 2021 was the PSOE's organization secretary and S\u00e1nchez's right-hand man, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/espana\/2024\/11\/07\/el-supremo-imputa-a-abalos-al-ver-indicios-de-hasta-cuatro-delitos-en-su-papel-en-el-caso-koldo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is charged with four crimes<\/a>: criminal organization, bribery, influence peddling, and embezzlement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, in recent hours <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250611\/grabacion-koldo-implica-santos-cerdan-adjudicacion-obras-publicas_306479.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a recording has emerged that implicates the current secretary of the PSOE, Santos Cerd\u00e1n, in a possible crime of collecting commissions<\/a> for awarding public works to companies. Cerd\u00e1n replaced \u00c1balos in that senior position in the PSOE, becoming S\u00e1nchez's right-hand man within the party.<\/p>\n<p>To this we must add that it recently came to light that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/05\/28\/how-many-leires-are-there-in-the-psoe-and-why-have-some-media-kept-quiet-until-now\/\">a PSOE \"plumber\" was trying to gather data to discredit the police unit investigating these scandals<\/a>, in order to declare these investigations null and void and leave any crimes committed by those involved in these cases unpunished. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250605\/mafia-democracia-video-pp-anima-manifestarse-contra-sanchez-psoe_304214.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A scandal that has been described as a \"mafia\" by the parliamentary opposition<\/a>, receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/espana\/agencias\/2025\/06\/04\/page-ve-un-drama-para-el-psoe-el-espectaculo-de-leire-diez-y-pide-poner-pie-en-pared-y-parar-la-hemorragia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">criticism even from leaders of the PSOE itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There hasn't been a single resignation due to all these scandals.<\/strong> In other countries, entire governments have fallen for less than this, but in Spain <strong>S\u00e1nchez, instead of taking responsibility, has launched a hunt against the judges and media outlets<\/strong> investigating socialist corruption scandals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/17\/pedro-sanchezs-gag-plan-imitates-francos-and-putins-measures-to-control-the-media\/\">preparing measures copied from Putin's dictatorship to control the media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the S\u00e1nchez government <strong>has undertaken a reform to give the prosecutor's office (i.e., the government) control over the investigation of corruption cases<\/strong>, which would allow the government to close cases affecting the Socialists. This assault on justice has already been answered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250611\/cinco-asociaciones-jueces-fiscales-llaman-huelga-negativa-gobierno-retirar-ley-bolanos_306467.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a call from five associations of judges and prosecutors for an indefinite strike<\/a> in protest against this attack on the separation of powers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to all this, <strong>S\u00e1nchez has promoted an amnesty to erase the crimes of his separatist allies in exchange for their support for his re-election<\/strong>, a scandalous traffic in favors that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/11\/02\/more-than-1300-judges-in-spain-denounce-that-sanchezs-amnesty-means-blowing-up-the-rule-of-law\/\">has been described by more than 1,300 judges as an attempt to \"blow up the rule of law.\"<\/a> This week it was revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250610\/europa-posiciona-primera-vez-contra-autoanmistia-pactada-gobierno-separatismo-catalan_305789.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the European Commission has rejected this measure before the Court of Justice of the EU<\/a>, considering it <strong>a \"self-amnesty\" that is contrary to the rule of law<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/11\/11\/spain-the-list-of-the-institutions-that-reject-the-socialist-attack-against-the-rule-of-law\/\">This amnesty has been resoundingly rejected by all types of institutions<\/a>, including 11 of the 17 regional governments, 26 entities in the judicial field, including the Supreme Court, the 17 Superior Courts of Justice and the 4 largest associations of judges, in addition to all associations of prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spain is experiencing one of the most terrible moments of its democracy<\/strong>, with a coalition government formed by socialists and communists that does not respect judicial independence or freedom of the press, that acts under <strong>the idea that anything goes to stay in power<\/strong> and that exhibits a way of understanding the government's actions according to which <strong>S\u00e1nchez's wishes are above the Constitution and the laws, as if he were an autocrat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please, whether you are from Spain or another country, <strong>if you love democracy and reject political corruption, help me report this situation<\/strong>. Many people abroad are unaware of the seriousness of what is happening in my country, and this needs to be known: right now <strong>Spain is in danger of becoming a replica of the socialist dictatorship in Venezuela<\/strong>. Share this article on your social networks and via Telegram, WhatsApp, and email. <strong>Together we can prevent Spain from continuing to slide down this slope of corruption and authoritarianism<\/strong> promoted by the socialists.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: AFP.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is facing constant political corruption scandals involving the Socialists.<\/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":[19489,21654,24645,12092,693,2721,10641,20336,10796],"class_list":["post-59878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-spain","tag-alvaro-garcia-ortiz","tag-begona-gomez","tag-david-sanchez-castejon","tag-jose-luis-abalos","tag-psoe","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-political-corruption","tag-santos-cerdan","tag-socialism"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 23:29:26","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\/59878","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=59878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}