Sanchez asks for forgiveness and announces an audit of the PSOE but discards elections or government crisis | Spain

Seven years after his last press conference at the PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street, and after 44 days without accepting questions from the press, Pedro Sánchez has appeared with a funeral face for apologize for trusting Santos Cerdán, as did before José Luis Ábalosits two organization secretaries involved in serious cases of corruption. But the president has not announced any drastic measure beyond the resignation of his number three, which the leader himself has forced in a conversation with him. With the almost broken voice, a sunk Sanchez said, however, that there will be neither early elections, or government crisis. Yes will make an external audit of the PSOE accounts To dispel the suspicions of illegal financing, and also a remodeling of the Executive, which will announce in the coming weeks, before the Federal Committee of July 5 in Seville.

But Sanchez does not see the legislature at risk and says it is worth following because « there is a political project that is doing good things for people. » “Electoral call will not be until 2027, this does not go from me or the PSOE, it goes from a political project that is doing good things for our country. We defend a country model that is necessary. And, government crisis, at all; this is not affecting the Government of Spain. Cerdán He was the PSOE organization secretary”, Said the president.

Sanchez apologized up to eight times, to the citizens, the voters, the militants, and was shown with « deep outrage and sadness » for having trusted the word of Cerdán, which even today before the leader of the PSOE continued to deny that he had participated in nothing illegal. The PSOE leader says that he assumes in the first person « all political responsibility » for having appointed Cerdán already Ábalos, but the decisions remain in a remodeling of the executive and in an external audit. Nor is any extraordinary congress or anything similar.

Although the partners are visibly annoying, and demand explanations and forceful decisions, Sánchez believes that he can follow the legislature and reach until 2027. But he assumes that this case is very serious and that is why he has forced the resignation of Cerdán and prepares more changes in the party that has not yet decided. « The indications (against Cerdán) are serious, very serious. Throughout this afternoon I have requested his resignation, his resignation to the act, and that is why I want to apologize. The PSOE and I should not trust him. Unfortunately in this world there is no zero corruption, but zero tolerance is there, » he explained.

Sanchez has assumed the mistake of trusting in Cerdán in a very personal way. “Until this morning I considered all the explanations of Santos. disappointment and outrage, ”he finished.

The president has also wanted to compare his reaction with that of the PP to cases of corruption. « The reality is that there are political organizations that react and others that protect and hide. The PP persecuted police officers who investigated corruption; I have learned today about the UCO report, » he explained. « This organization assumes its responsibilities, others do not do so in severe cases of corruption that affect an regional president, to former ministers, to current responsible for the PP. I would like the media to demand the same to the PP as you logically do in this appearance as difficult as the one I am having today, » he insisted.

The President has assumed the most serious data in the reporthe has not discussed them, he explained that they are very serious and has said that justice will be the one that has to elucidate its consequences. But he wanted to deny that the 2014 primaries, in which he beat Eduardo Madina and arrived for the first time to the General Secretariat, were rigged because in a conversation between Cerdán and Koldo García they talk about a trap with two votes. « I mean that 2014 won by more than 17,000 votes, and here we are talking about two. That comment of two votes disappoints me, but the cleanliness and guarantees of the PSOE primaries are total. » After 24 minutes of a press conference, with six rounds of questions, Sánchez has abandoned the room with the same desolate face and a last repeated message: « I want to apologize again to the citizens. »