Feijóo accuses Sánchez government of 'hunts' against judges and police, promises total institutional clean-up
Spain's main opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has accused the government of Pedro Sánchez of organizing 'hunts' against police, judges and prosecutors amid a wave of corruption scandals, and promised a 'total clean-up' of institutions if he wins power.
Speech at O Pino rally draws thousands
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the People's Party (PP), addressed more than 4,000 supporters at the party's annual romería in O Pino, A Coruña province, on Saturday. Speaking first in Galician and then in Spanish, he delivered his harshest attack yet on the government over cascading corruption cases. The rally in the Galician town became a platform for Feijóo to frame the Sánchez administration as a threat to the rule of law.
We have a Government that is capable even of organizing hunts against the Police, the Civil Guard, judges and prosecutors for doing their job.
The opposition leader said the executive treats those who break rules better than those who comply, a reference to parties that support the government in parliament versus autonomous communities that follow fiscal discipline.
Corruption cases and the 'sewer' of Ferraz
Feijóo listed multiple probes implicating the PSOE milieu: Begoña Gómez, David Sánchez, the state attorney general, José Luis Ábalos, Koldo García and Santos Cerdán. He claimed court summaries describe the party's leadership as a criminal organization and said the sewers of Ferraz, the PSOE headquarters, are clogged with P.S. initials. He used the initials to coin an epitaph for the prime minister.
His political epitaph is already written: P.S., the initials of a pharisee who promised nothing of what he preached.
The intervention marked a sharp escalation in rhetoric as judicial investigations continue to tighten around figures close to Sánchez.
Pledges for a future PP government
Feijóo committed to what he called a 'total clean-up' of institutions if his party reaches Moncloa. He said no rug would be left unturned and no responsibility unexamined.
We will do a total clean-up because they have rotted everything.
He promised political, institutional and moral regeneration, arguing the country needs to recover from a decade of what he described as Socialist decay.
Financing model and Catalonia
Feijóo rejected any bilateral financial deal with Catalonia, stating that a new autonomous community financing system must be negotiated among all regions. He insisted it would not be a 'backroom deal between two' and that what belongs to everyone must be discussed and shared by everyone.
