Two days ago we wondered in this section if everything surrounding the judicial investigation into José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was enough for Pedro Sánchez to call elections. The answer was given yesterday by the president from Rome: “It is not enough.” Let’s analyze it. Sánchez is right when he hides behind the fact that all the ongoing judicial investigations are in full process and still far from resulting in a final sentence. It is worth remembering that his motion of no confidence against Mariano Rajoy in 2018 was based on a ruling by the National Court that condemned the PP for benefiting lucratively from the Gürtel plot. We are not there yet.
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That the indications provided by Judge José Luis Calama deserve the benefit of the doubt regarding Zapatero’s activities and that he will have to explain himself well in his appointment before the judge and then before public opinion is more than evident. However, as we will not tire of writing, there is the presumption of innocence. The media are obliged to explain what a judge instructs, but we cannot elevate these conclusions to definitive ones. At least, not yet.
And it is also true that it is not pleasant at all for the PSOE that UCO agents appeared yesterday at their headquarters to request information about alleged false invoices, but from there to assert that there is irregular financing of the party is still a very long way to go.
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Under these circumstances, if no one presents a motion of no confidence, it is legitimate for Sánchez to continue governing. His argument is that all these judicial investigations “do not at all challenge the work of the Government and the progressive forces in favor of social and economic advances over the last eight years.” Another debate is whether it is ethical and moral to remain in Government without the possibility of approving a budget or having dozens of projects frozen in Congress due to lack of agreement. This is Sánchez’s Achilles’ heel. That is why, besides resisting, he must continuously show that his Government is alive and not on life support. Otherwise, Sánchez risks causing a historic debacle for the PSOE the day there is a vote.
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