Appearing before the media without questions is becoming a common routine in Spanish politics. In a very brief appearance at the Madrid Assembly. Juan Lobato accused the leaders of his party of participating in “a lynching” against him. He was explicit: “It seems that the bad guy is the one who decides not to do things wrong.” The message that could be deduced from his words is that he is not going to resign despite the disqualifications of his colleagues in the PSOE, who stressed that he has betrayed Pedro Sánchez and that he will not be well received in the Congress of Seville, pointing him to the door of exit.It seems evident that Lobato’s future in the PSOE is very unflattering, if not nonexistent, for having confronted the apparatus and for having had the audacity to have acted with respect for legality and the most basic ethics. Without a doubt, the sin that Sánchez is not going to forgive Lobato is the notarial act that shows that the leak of the communications of Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend with the Tax Agency started from the presidency of the Government. She was the chief of staff of Óscar López, the president’s right-hand woman in La Moncloa, who pressured Lobato to get political benefit from that information, which represented a crime of revealing secrets. The mess is monumental because ABC’s publication of the La Moncloa’s role in the leak coincides with a UCO report that indicates that the State Attorney General, investigated by the Supreme Court, had “a preminent participation” in this operation to discredit Díaz Ayuso.In conclusion, everything indicates that the Madrid president was the victim of a maneuver designed and executed by the presidency of the Government and the attorney general of the State, who did not hesitate to break the law to harm the reputation of a political adversary of Sánchez. Despite his will, Lobato has been the instrument that has brought this scandal to light. They are not going to forgive him. Thanks to their gesture of honesty, converted by the PSOE into villainy, we citizens know how they spend their money in La Moncloa. Killing the messenger is a common sport in politics and, for this reason, Lobato’s days are numbered. It will serve as a scapegoat for the scandal. It is a cliché to say that these things do not happen in other countries with a democratic tradition. But that’s not true. Without going any further, in France. Politicians like Mitterrand and Sarkozy used their power to discredit their adversaries and broke the law to protect themselves from the scandal. But the most paradigmatic case is Watergate, which presents similarities with the leaks of the alleged tax crimes of Ayuso’s boyfriend. The common denominator is the commission of a crime and the abuse of power to destroy a political rival. The nighttime assault on the Democratic Party headquarters in Washington in May 1972 led to the arrest of five petty criminals. In a phone book, his connection to Gordon Libby and Howard Hunt, two employees who worked for the Republicans, appeared. The ‘Washington Post’ investigation revealed that everything was part of a plan drawn up by John Dean, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell, Nixon’s advisors and trusted men. The matter ended, two years later, with the resignation of Nixon, who was pardoned by Gerald Ford, his successor. Nixon ended up recognizing the facts that he had denied and, in an interview with David Frost, coined the theory that everything he does the president is legal by definition. A stark philosophy by which the end justifies the means. In the case of Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend, all the threads lead to Óscar López and La Moncloa. No one can seriously believe that a low-level official like Pilar Sánchez Acera would take the initiative to break the law and launch a discredit campaign without the approval of her bosses. If López and Sánchez were the ones who decided to launch this attack against Díaz Ayuso , we would be facing a major scandal that would affect the continuity of a Government greatly affected by Aldama’s statement before the judge. Rubalcaba said at the time that the Spanish deserve a Government that does not lie This matter shows a plot of deception, a lack of scruples and an abuse of power that refers to the tenant of La Moncloa. It is true that there is no conclusive evidence that Sánchez knew of these illegal actions, as is the case with the Ábalos plot, but there is at least a political responsibility for which the president has to respond. The matter could get complicated and get out of hand when Lobato goes to the Supreme Court to give explanations. Sánchez’s problem is that, as Lincoln said, you can’t fool everyone all the time.
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