Spanish Political Scandal: Feijóo Accuses Sánchez of Corruption

Loud applause from the People's Party (PP) benches followed the intervention of its leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Although the PP had several aces up its sleeve, thanks to a report from the UCO that better explains why the former number three in the Socialist Party has been in provisional detention since June, the Executive had a ready-made response after the arrest of the president of the Provincial Council of Almería, the PP's Javier Aureliano García, in the 'Mascarillas' case. Feijóo needed only to review the press to tighten the noose around Sánchez: that Cerdán was the leader of a criminal triangle with the Government and Acciona, that he took kickbacks of two percent on rigged public works contracts, that he inserted himself into an official trip to Morocco for the award of the port of Kenitra, that the deputy director of the Presidency's office, Antonio Hernando, is implicated in the machinations of Leire Díez to end the careers of prosecutors... Sánchez was expecting Feijóo's discursive turn, who in his registered question had shown interest in the absence of a state budget, and he started with his worn-out slogan of 'zero tolerance for corruption' to criticize that others, in reference to his interlocutor, have 'zero answers' to it. 'Look in the mirror'. 'The sewer is Ferraz and you have brought it to Moncloa,' he snapped at the head of the Executive. The government control session in Congress, as always, once again revolved around the issue of corruption. In his rebuttal, after the long ovation the PP gave its leader had died down, he used the wildcard of the 'dana': 'You have been applauding Carlos Mazón for a year and you come to give lessons on exemplary behavior.' The latest report from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, which became known this Tuesday and sheds light on the 'modus operandi' of Santos Cerdán, former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, in the Koldo corruption plot, became on Wednesday, in the hands of the opposition leader, a weapon against the Government. 'Look at Almería,' he added.