Vox party leader Santiago Abascal launched a blistering tirade against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in parliament on Wednesday, accusing him of presiding over a web of corruption, impoverishing Spaniards, and selling out the country to illegal migrants and his political cronies.
Abascal delivered his speech directly to Sánchez’s face before walking out of the chamber without waiting for a reply.
“Mr. Sánchez, are you well? Did you have breakfast this morning?” Abascal began sarcastically. He then demanded to know “how much Spanish taxpayers’ money has gone to your brother, your wife, the Peugeot clan, your party, and corrupt businessmen.”
He accused Sánchez’s political circle of systemic looting while ordinary Spaniards “pay very high taxes,” claiming his circle spends their money on prostitutes. He pointed out that the public are currently filing their tax returns while struggling to afford housing and make ends meet. “It has never been so difficult to access housing in the past 50 years as under your government,” Abascal declared.
🇪🇸 “You are corrupt. You are a traitor. All of Spain knows it.”
Epic takedown of Pedro Sánchez in the Spanish parliament by @Vox_es‘ @Santi_ABASCAL, who accuses the Socialist prime minister of feeding corruption, betraying democracy, and handing Spain over to illegal migrants. pic.twitter.com/I7duTRO3It
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He claimed that “more and more Spaniards are at risk of extreme poverty” while electricity is cut off due to government policies, with some dying as a result. What was not stolen by Sánchez’s alleged allies, he said, was “handed over to illegal immigrants and the NGOs that bring them here to rob us of our security and peace in the streets — especially Spanish women.”
Abascal accused the prime minister of “destroying what remains of Spanish democracy” in exchange for staying in power through deals with “corrupt clans,” including those whom Sánchez had “amnestied and pardoned for theft and worse crimes.”
“You sit on the blue bench [of government] only because of a pact among the corrupt,” he said. “You will not laugh at us any longer.”
Abascal concluded by denouncing Sánchez as “indecent,” “corrupt,” and a “traitor,” before exiting the chamber without listening to the prime minister’s response.
The criticism follows growing controversy surrounding Sánchez’s government, which has been rocked by allegations of nepotism and corruption involving members of his family, including his wife Begoña Gómez and brother David Sánchez. While no formal charges have been filed, the opposition has accused the prime minister of using public institutions to benefit his inner circle.
These concerns have been compounded by Sánchez’s deeply unpopular pact with Catalan separatists, which included granting amnesties to figures involved in the 2017 independence bid in exchange for political support, which many Spaniards view as a betrayal of the rule of law and national unity.
The latest scandal relates to the publication of a police report that included recordings of a key ally, Santos Cerdan, appearing to discuss golden handshakes in exchange for awarding public work contracts — an allegation Cerdan has denied.
Nonetheless, Sánchez distanced himself from the fellow socialist lawmaker last week in a televised press conference in which he admitted he should “never have trusted” Cerdan and vowed to root out any corruption within his own party.
“Our intolerance of corruption is absolute,” Sánchez said on Wednesday, adding that he had agreed to an external audit to be conducted on his party’s finances.
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