Ekaizer video against Robles ignites PSOE

Ekaizer's video against Robles sparks a war of insults

Journalist Ernesto Ekaizer has published a video directly targeting Defence Minister Margarita Robles. The piece quickly inflamed an already charged political climate. The immediate response was not to refute the content but to attack the sender. Within hours, the journalist's Argentine origin and long career became the target of all kinds of insults.

The strategy is predictable: when the message is uncomfortable, shoot the messenger. And this time, the messenger already has the dubious honour of being the favourite target of those who prefer not to respond with arguments. It is no coincidence that in the analysis of the video there is more talk about Ekaizer's appearance or nationality than about what he actually said about the minister.

Meanwhile, the political cost is not long in coming. Some estimate that the PSOE could pay for this crisis with a loss of between fifty and sixty seats. It may be a self-serving exaggeration, but the fact that this range is being considered reveals to what extent the party's internal war has become an electoral burden.

What is striking is that the video, instead of raising questions about Robles's management, has united all sectors in a frontal attack against its author. When everyone shoots at the same target, perhaps we should ask what they are trying to hide.

The ball is now in the minister's court, who has so far not responded. The PSOE, meanwhile, adds a new internal front while the official narrative tries to convince that it is all media noise. The noise, however, has a name and surname.