The PP suspects illegal financing of the PSOE

Although there is no solid evidence of this at the moment, the PP suspects that the Cerdán case will continue to be a hot topic in the coming days and that the information that emerges will further scrutinize the PSOE and its general secretary, Pedro Sánchez. This was expressed by the PP's deputy secretary for regional and local coordination, Elías Bendodo, from Almería, where he stated that the case "smells like what it smells like," of "illegal financing" of the PSOE, he specified.

“We know there was personal financing. But what needs to be clarified here, and it smells like something out there, is whether there was also illegal financing from the Socialist Party. That remains to be seen, and I am convinced that light will come to light on this issue in the coming days,” Bendodo noted, before recalling that it was Pedro Sánchez who “brought the spotlight” on this possibility by announcing an external audit of his party's accounts in his appearance last Thursday at Ferraz. The Popular Party leader advised the president to save the money for that audit and “read the UCO report.”

Party spokesperson Borja Sémper also addressed this suspicion yesterday in an interview on RNE. After learning the details of the police report, Sémper stated that "it's not unreasonable" to think of irregular financing of the PSOE and, in fact, the judicial proceedings and everything known about the actions of the two Socialist organization secretaries, José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, "point to that possibility," he stated. However, the spokesperson also remained cautious and left the matter in the hands of justice. "The courts will have to determine this. What's happening is that we're already starting to have indications that this could be the case. Everything will eventually become clear," he warned.

"What needs to be clarified here, and it smells like what it smells like, is whether there was also illegal financing of the Socialist Party."

Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party yesterday urged the Prime Minister to appear before the Congress of Deputies to provide explanations, while resuming its harassment of the Socialist leader by insisting on the idea of ​​systemic corruption that began the moment the PSOE leader won the first primary elections of 2014.

“Sanchismo is entrenched in every sphere of action: the party, the government, the family... Everything is tainted,” Bendodo described before urging Sánchez “not to prolong the agony any longer” because the legislature “ended a long time ago” and “what we ask is that he understands this and not drag this filth any longer.”