Podemos-linked account jokes about footballers facing Spanish judge
A profile close to Spain's Podemos party claims Lamine Yamal and Oyarzabal have not been charged by judge Peinado. Yet. The irony behind the comment and its…
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Podemos-linked account mocks the absence of charges against Lamine Yamal and Oyarzabal
In an unexpected twist of the political circus, a profile known as "Podemos' kioskero" has fired off a jab mixing football and justice: it confirms that players Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal have not been charged by judge Peinado. Yet. The word "yet" is the key: neither quite a joke, nor quite a threat.
The comment, made in an economics context — which is already an segarro — has triggered predictable reactions: insults, memes and the usual digital trench warfare. Behind the joke, however, lies a murkier reality: the instrumentalisation of justice as a political weapon and the dragging of sports figures into a mire that does not belong to them.
With judge Peinado at the centre of several high-profile cases, it is increasingly hard to tell the show apart from the legal process. What some see as humour, others see as proof that in Spain any public figure can end up in the dock — or on the front page of a debate.
In an unexpected twist of the political circus, a profile known as "Podemos' kioskero" has fired off a jab mixing football and justice: it confirms that players Lamine Yamal and Mikel Oyarzabal have not been charged by judge Peinado. Yet. The word "yet" is the key: neither quite a joke, nor quite a threat.
The comment, made in an economics context — which is already an segarro — has triggered predictable reactions: insults, memes and the usual digital trench warfare. Behind the joke, however, lies a murkier reality: the instrumentalisation of justice as a political weapon and the dragging of sports figures into a mire that does not belong to them.
With judge Peinado at the centre of several high-profile cases, it is increasingly hard to tell the show apart from the legal process. What some see as humour, others see as proof that in Spain any public figure can end up in the dock — or on the front page of a debate.
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