From Irene Montero to Kiko Matamoros: all the reactions to Pedro Sánchez’s bombing

This Wednesday, Pedro Sanchez He surprised everyone with a statement, where he canceled his political agenda for the next few days to “reflect” about his continuity in office. His decision came shortly after a Madrid court opened proceedings against his wife, Begoña Gómez, for alleged crimes of influence peddling and corruption. For his part, the President of the Government attributed this opening of judicial proceedings against his wife to a “harassment and takedown operation”driven by the “far-right organization Clean Hands“. The reactions to Sánchez’s statement have not been long in coming: from faces belonging to the political leadership as well as other recognized personalities.

There have been many messages of support for the President of the Government, who has also been the subject of multiple criticisms on social networks. The socialist ministers have been the first to speak out and flood the social network X of signs of affection towards Sánchez. Among them, the socialist federal policy secretary, Patxi Lopez: “We socialists are with our President. Pedro Sánchez represents the dignity and courage that is needed in the face of an immoral right that is ready for anything.. Courage and strength, President! “They won’t pass!” she says.

Now more than ever we Socialists are with our President. Pedro Sánchez represents the dignity and courage that is needed in the face of an immoral right that is ready for anything.

Courage and strength, President! Not pass! https://t.co/MtJYpLVFcb

— patxilopez (@patxilopez) April 24, 2024

There has also been no lack of reaction from the former minister José Luis Ábalosinvestigated by the ‘Koldo case’, who has urged Sánchez to continue in office: “You have my support and my understanding, president. Only by not giving up, only by continuing with the fight, will democratic coexistence be saved, respect for people and institutions. This discredit and this suffocation that distances citizens from political participation is the prelude to authoritarianism. Do not let that happen”writes.

You have my support and my understanding, president @sanchezcastejon.

Only by not giving up, only by continuing with the fight, will it be possible to save democratic coexistence, respect for people and institutions.

This discredit and this suffocation that distances citizens from… https://t.co/C3KG2wmG3G

— José Luis Ábalos (@abalosmeco) April 24, 2024

The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Riberawho was precisely designated this Wednesday as the socialist party’s candidate for the European elections, reacted with a forceful message, alleging that “not everything goes in politics”: “We have a first-class president. Neither he nor his family deserve this. But neither does Spain. A huge hug, president.”

Not everything goes in politics.
We have a first-class president. Neither he nor his family deserve this.
But neither does Spain.
A huge hug, president. https://t.co/gCJQvf5HRY

—Teresa Ribera? (@Teresaribera) April 24, 2024

There has also been no shortage of reactions that point to the right led by Feijóo as the main person responsible for the executive’s situation. Specifically, he has been Santos Cerdanwho has launched a harsh blow at the opposition: “There is no red line that the right in this country is not willing to cross. Not everything goes, neither in life, nor in politics. Spain does not deserve it, and neither does its democracy. The truth always makes its way. “All my support and love, President.”

There is no red line that the right in this country is not willing to cross. Not everything goes, neither in life nor in politics. Spain does not deserve it, and neither does its democracy.

The truth always makes its way.

All my support and my love, president @sanchezcastejon. https://t.co/bPhDvMvgtS

— Santos Cerdán León (@santicl) April 24, 2024

Thus, the PSOE completely closed ranks in response to the executive’s statement. However, outside the socialist party they also reacted to show support for Sánchez. Among them, her own Irene Montero He stated that “we know well what you are going through and that it is important not to be alone”: “The task is urgent: not to look the other way, not to let them do things for partisan interests, to democratically stop the reactionaries. If not, they will continue to rule without standing in the elections and destroying democracy,” he pointed out.

My love to President Sánchez. We know well what they are going through and that it is important not to be alone.

We had to stop them long before. The judicial and media war was previously against its Vice President, Vicky Rosell, Isa Serra, Podemos or the Law Only yes is yes

— Irene Montero (@IreneMontero) April 24, 2024

For their part, opposition leaders have also broken their silence regarding the “scandal” of the president. The first to react was Cuca Gamarra, the general secretary of the PP, who has accused Sánchez of victimizing himself. For Feijóo’s number two, the executive’s decision “It is nothing more than an electoral campaign act in which he will try to make visible that he is a victim and not an actor who is the protagonist of episodes that are marking the international image of our country”. Gamarra has encouraged Sánchez to stop “hiding” and give “a reasoned explanation of the scandals surrounding his party, his Government and his partner”.

Pedro Sánchez must appear now to give a reasoned explanation of the scandals surrounding his party, his Government and his partner.

His problem is not only political, it is judicial and he is the protagonist of an episode that stains the international image of our country.#ElTeatroDeSánchez pic.twitter.com/m6IW48lbPQ

— Popular Party (@ppopular) April 24, 2024

Along the same lines, some members of Vox expressed their opinion on the matter. For Santiago Abascalparty leader, executive “he should have been sitting on a bench” for a long time. Abascal considers Sánchez’s decision as a maneuver to “silence the majority indignation of the Spanish people”and even took the opportunity to launch a harsh attack on his figure and the controversial Amnesty Law: “What we do know, and we will never forget, is that he is the president who achieved the inauguration with the greatest act of political corruption ever seen, amnestying criminals in exchange for votes. And we also know that the economic corruption of his government is accumulating, that he is Mr.

We do not know if he is retiring to prepare his legal defense, because he should have been sitting on a bench for a long time and not on the blue bench.

We do not know if it is another of his propaganda maneuvers to present himself as a poor victim, and thus silence the majority indignation of… https://t.co/3fzLpiuKSC

— Santiago Abascal ?? (@Santi_ABASCAL) April 24, 2024

Well-known faces from the world of television have also spoken out. For example Kiko Matamoroswho reacted with his usual irony: “Before I die I only have one dream left to fulfill: to play a game of poker with Pedro Sánchez”.

Before I die I only have one dream left to fulfill: to play a game of poker with Pedro Sánchez.

— Kiko Matamoros (@KikoMatamoros) April 24, 2024

The presenters Jordi Évole y Marta Flich, the journalist Antonio Rossi or the writer Rosa Villacastin They have also shared their opinion on the matter.