Óscar López admits Spain's top prosecutor's move targeted Ayuso
Óscar López admits the attorney general's move against Ayuso was political. Links to Pilar Sánchez Acera and the Gürtel corruption scheme also implicate the PSOE.
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Óscar López admits Spain's top prosecutor's move targeted Ayuso
The new leader of Madrid's PSOE, Óscar López, has given himself away by admitting that the State Attorney General's move against Isabel Díaz Ayuso was exactly that: a political operation to undermine the President of the Community of Madrid. "She believes she is above the law," López declared, which many interpret as a full-blown "I did it."
The confession comes after months of official denials. But the papers don't lie: the attorney general had already hinted before that "truth is not leaked, truth is defended," a phrase that reveals the leaker and the defender are on the same side. And on that side, the key figure is Pilar Sánchez Acera, Óscar López's former chief of staff —when he was Sánchez's chief of staff— and now Organizational Secretary of Madrid's PSOE. She was the one who leaked the email from Ayuso's boyfriend to Juan Lobato.
Meanwhile, the figures of systemic corruption loom: the Gürtel network diverted at least 120 million euros in public contracts. And the Ábalos case, Koldo, and Sánchez's brother suggest this is just the tip of the iceberg. The question is no longer whether there is lawfare, but who wields the hammer.
The new leader of Madrid's PSOE, Óscar López, has given himself away by admitting that the State Attorney General's move against Isabel Díaz Ayuso was exactly that: a political operation to undermine the President of the Community of Madrid. "She believes she is above the law," López declared, which many interpret as a full-blown "I did it."
The confession comes after months of official denials. But the papers don't lie: the attorney general had already hinted before that "truth is not leaked, truth is defended," a phrase that reveals the leaker and the defender are on the same side. And on that side, the key figure is Pilar Sánchez Acera, Óscar López's former chief of staff —when he was Sánchez's chief of staff— and now Organizational Secretary of Madrid's PSOE. She was the one who leaked the email from Ayuso's boyfriend to Juan Lobato.
Meanwhile, the figures of systemic corruption loom: the Gürtel network diverted at least 120 million euros in public contracts. And the Ábalos case, Koldo, and Sánchez's brother suggest this is just the tip of the iceberg. The question is no longer whether there is lawfare, but who wields the hammer.
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