“Clean everything up.” That was the mandate Leire Díez received from the PSOE or, at least, that’s how she expresses it. The plot uncovered by the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz and led by the party’s former number 3 Santos Cerdán had a coordinated plan set: to go against judges, prosecutors, and civil guards to protect the Government and the PSOE. The organization had a series of objectives marked and the instruments they had to use for the success of their mission. First of all, it should be said that, despite the orchestration of the plan and the payment for it, successes were notably absent because to this day none of their objectives have been achieved, although along the way there have been dark threads.

Eight years ago, the deliberation and vote on the motion of no confidence against President Mariano Rajoy took place in the Congress of Deputies. The first and so far the only motion of no confidence that has succeeded in democratic Spain.

The groups that supported Pedro Sánchez’s investiture in 2023 are beginning to show clear signs of fatigue regarding their relationship with the Government due to the alleged corruption schemes being investigated by the National Court that threaten the Executive. Faced with the possibility of an abrupt end to the legislature, no one wants to appear in the photo alongside the socialists or is already seeking a prudent distance to act as a firewall.