Hazte Oír warns of judicial coup as political tension escalates in Spain

Hazte Oír denounces a judicial "coup d'état" and stirs up the political debate

The association Hazte Oír has issued a maximum-alert statement: "IT IS A COUP D'ÉTAT. TOMORROW THE CLOACA 2.0 GOES INTO ACTION. WE KNOW IT." The text, spread massively on social media and echoed on economics forums, claims that a coordinated political operation against judicial independence is being prepared. According to the organisation, "they have been awake for 36 hours, meeting, calling, activating," and what will be decided tomorrow is not a mere court ruling, but whether judges are free or controlled.

The message comes amid maximum tension at the CGPJ (Spain's governing body for the judiciary), with Judge Peinado one of the names of the moment. In his investigation into the Aldama case, the judge has warned of possible security escorts who could facilitate an escape, which some quarters have interpreted as a sign that the Government is trying to neutralise inconvenient judges. References to Félix Bolaños, the number two at Moncloa (the Prime Minister's office), are recurrent: "Gracita Bolaños must have been working like never for two days now," jokes one of the most shared messages.

The ghost of an impossible civil war

But there is no consensus. More sceptical voices point out that the same warning has been repeated for years without anything happening. "Eight years of going on and on about it. And the only Bolivarian thing that has peine is that Venezuela is now governed by Trump," sums up one participant. The idea of a civil war is dismantled with facts: the Spanish army is depleted, without ammunition or popular militias. "There is practically no army in this country, and if it splits in two, good luck," argues another.

In parallel, old scandals resurface. The relationship between Javier Gómez de Liaño and Enrique Bacigalupo is cited again, recalling the judge's conviction for misconduct in the Sogecable case and Villarejo's allegation of a supposed payment by Prisa to secure his suspension. The Audiencia Nacional (Spain's high incivil court) already investigated the matter, but it was never fully closed. The question hanging in the air is whether the past is repeating itself to stop judges who investigate those in power.

The crisis of confidence in the system

What underlies the debate is less an imminent coup than a deep erosion of institutional credibility. Among the most active militants, the perception is that a line has been crossed: "Sánchez prefers blood and fire to giving up power and going to jail," reads one comment. Others play it down: "In Spain there are two mafia families, PP and PSOE, and a coup is whatever the godfather of the other family dictates." The polarisation is total.

Meanwhile, tomorrow is expected to be a tense day: the special TVE news programme announced for 21:00 and the CGPJ decision, which some consider a close call ("it's very evenly balanced"), are fuelling the hysteria. But as one more pragmatic user reminds everyone: "What matters is that Spain wins the World Cup." Irony closes a debate where facts mix with noise and nobody seems to know for sure what will actually happen.