The PSOE accuses the PP of attacking Sánchez with Rajoy's "sewers of the State"

"A mountain of filth." That's how Minister Félix Bolaños yesterday defined the PP's offensive, led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo himself, to attack Pedro Sánchez for the alleged "brothels" owned by the president's father-in-law, now deceased. In Bolaños' opinion, Sánchez emerged "strengthened" from Wednesday's plenary session in Congress, and the PP leader emerged "smeared," so now Feijóo has no choice but to "immerse himself in the sewers," the Minister of the Presidency denounced.

And the PSOE came out in force to denounce these attacks by Feijóo, which they believe were based on a "pseudo-report" prepared in 2014 by the "patriotic police" that operated during Mariano Rajoy's terms to try to destroy his political adversaries.

The PP leader says he did not make a critique but rather a "chronicle" of what has been published in the last decade.

The Socialists even warned that the PP leader "would be disqualified from being Prime Minister" for having used "the sewers of the State created by his predecessors" in Parliament, with a report they summarize as "a collection of hoaxes, lies, and falsehoods with the sole objective of attacking Sánchez and his family."

"We demand immediate explanations from Feijóo, as well as an apology to the president and his family, for what we consider to be one of the most extreme political abominations in a democracy and the spreading of hoaxes in parliament," warned the PSOE leadership. "In politics, not everything goes, in life, not everything goes, the end does not justify the means," the Socialists stated.

But the PP leader reiterated his accusations yesterday, stating that what he said in the Congress plenary session was not a "criticism" of the president but rather a "chronicle of the president's family business dealings" based on media accounts published over the past ten years. In a press appearance, Feijóo stated that when a person wants to be "a champion against prostitution, the least they have to do is humbly acknowledge that for a time in their life, that prostitution was beneficial to them personally and financially."

The PP leader's hardening tone and direct references to Sánchez's family ties continued yesterday, with no indication that the PP will now change their tone.

Feijóo emphasized that he is not willing to receive "lessons in morality from immorality," following the argument he made on Wednesday in Congress, when, addressing the Prime Minister, he accused her of participating "for profit in the abominable business of prostitution."

Therefore, he insisted that what he did was "describe a situation" that the Spanish people, in his opinion, have a right to know. He pointed out that political regeneration "consists precisely in politicians telling things as they are."

Feijóo wasn't the only one within the PP who maintained his criticism. The new spokesperson, Ester Múñoz, also considered that her party's president had exposed Pedro Sánchez's "cynicism and hypocrisy." Along these lines, she pointed out that the PP "is holding up the mirror to the left of this country and its reflection, and I understand why that bothers them." In response to the criticism the PP received from the PSOE for the tone of its attacks, the spokesperson indicated that the first to cross the "line by talking about other people's wives" were the Socialists.

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He also alluded to the banner that appeared in a "public square" featuring the brother of a female president. He was referring to Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, when Podemos placed a poster during the 2023 regional election campaign.

Ester Múñoz also added that the PSOE is accustomed to heaping criticism on others, without receiving any, and that the PP "stays quiet." She thus ratified the strategy launched this week in the plenary session of Congress.