Moncloa pressure: Código 10 cancels interview with Leire Díez

Phone call from Moncloa: Why was the interview with Leire Díez cancelled?

The programme Código 10 has pulled an exclusive interview with Leire Díez at the last minute. According to witnesses, Díez is the figure who referred to Pedro Sánchez as «the one» and who, in front of a collaborator, called Mercedes González, the director of the Guardia Civil (Spain's military police force). The decision came after former adviser Koldo García, currently in prison, revealed that Díez was a PSOE figure with no formal position but with influence. Sources close to the programme suggest the pressure from Moncloa, the Spanish Prime Minister's office, was direct.

Mateo's account before the judge

The collaborator, identified as Mateo, told the judge that Díez referred to Sánchez on several occasions as «the one» and that, when he asked her about it, she replied bluntly: «The one is Pedro». During the meeting, Díez made a phone call to the director of the Guardia Civil, a gesture Mateo described as unsettling. After learning of these events, he contacted Koldo García, Ábalos's former adviser, who confirmed that Díez was a figure close to the PSOE with no official position.

Koldo García, the key piece

Koldo García, charged in the Koldo case and currently in prison, explained that Díez was «a PSOE person with no formal position, but with influence». The fact that García, already convicted for his role in the face masks scandal, links Díez to the governing party adds further shadows to the cancellation. It is not the first time an awkward interview has been dropped from the schedule when a phone call is involved.

Social media users reacted with irony: «Just little things in life», reads one comment, while the detail of the call to the Guardia Civil and the pressure from Moncloa fuel suspicions of censorship. The question that remains is who really ordered the interview cancelled and whether the governing party has something to hide.