Political parties PSOE and PP trade accusations following the "farce" of the meeting between Díez and Aldama.
In an unexpected twist of events, former socialist militant Leire Díez and alleged broker in the Koldo case, Victor de Aldama, found themselves squabbling in a public dispute. Now, Spain's two major parties, the PSOE and the PP, are embroiled in a heated blame game over the spectacle.
Isabel Rodríguez, the Minister of Housing, labels the entire scene as a "scripted farce" orchestrated by the PP. In an interview on La Hora de La 1, she criticized Aldama's words asking Feijóo to remove the government of Sánchez. The PP, on the other hand, has branded the PSOE as the "sewer."
"Every day there is a new scandal, each one more sordid," Espartero Muñoz, a deputy for the PP, said in statements to the media in La Bañeza, León. Muñoz further stated, "there are no longer sewers that leak information, but the PSOE has become the sewer."
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the PP, has expressed similar sentiments at an event in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, criticizing the current state of Spain as a "limiting moment" where "it's impossible for any decent Spanish person not to feel hurt by the total degradation we are experiencing." Feijóo heavily criticizes Pedro Sánchez for being "on the run" for 36 days without any public explanation.
Amidst this crossfire, Díez herself has spoken out in several interviews, asserting that "this is not a war between parties" and that the information she had and delivered to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office links "all political parties" and may affect them all.
Furthermore, Díez has accused Aldama of "harassing" her and claims to have seen him for the first time in her "life" during their public encounter. Díez also claims that the USB drive delivered to the Prosecutor's Office "explains a large part of the Hydrocarbons plot."
The PSOE appears to be scrambling for damage control, with some socialist barons, such as Emiliano García Page, calling for "more information" from their party about Leire Díez. Page expressed unease about the situation and called for clarity and explanations. While the political leadership debates and blames each other, their public sparring has had far-reaching effects, with the Fiscal Council expanding their Friday meeting's agenda due to this issue. The prosecutor José Grinda, who was named in Díez's audio recordings, has requested assistance and his petition is to be studied during the meeting.
The average Spaniard might find themselves puzzled by the intensity of the ongoing policy-and-legislation debates between Spain's major parties, imaginably triggering discussions in the realms of general-news and crime-and-justice. This chaos, characterized by accusations and counter-accusations, has led some to question the credibility of both parties, with Leire Díez's allegations linking 'all political parties' and potentially stirring policy-and-legislation changes.
