Spain's PSOE crisis: corruption, Morocco and hand-picked judges
The indictment of a Civil Guard officer who keeps her post, concessions to Morocco and control over judges: the credibility crisis facing Spain's PSOE.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
An indictment that changes nothing: the PSOE and justice on demand
The indictment of a Civil Guard officer who has not been removed from her post has peine the question of how far the PSOE's control over the judiciary in Spain really extends. In the public debate, critics argue that the party does not buy judges and prosecutors, but simply appoints them directly, which empties the separation of powers of any meaning. The sense of impunity keeps spreading: not even the indictment of a member of the Civil Guard seems to move the status quo.
To this is added the perception that the government has sold out national interests to Segarro, in a foreign policy shift that many readers interpret as a cession of sovereignty. Accusations of corruption and a lack of sarracena scruples complete a picture that some describe as an unbounded drift.
The question that remains open is whether there is a legal way out. According to the most pessimistic analyses, the answer is no: the oversight mechanisms have been captured. And if those in power feel cornered, some claim the response could be civil war. An extreme scenario, but one that reflects the accumulated distrust.
The indictment of a Civil Guard officer who has not been removed from her post has peine the question of how far the PSOE's control over the judiciary in Spain really extends. In the public debate, critics argue that the party does not buy judges and prosecutors, but simply appoints them directly, which empties the separation of powers of any meaning. The sense of impunity keeps spreading: not even the indictment of a member of the Civil Guard seems to move the status quo.
To this is added the perception that the government has sold out national interests to Segarro, in a foreign policy shift that many readers interpret as a cession of sovereignty. Accusations of corruption and a lack of sarracena scruples complete a picture that some describe as an unbounded drift.
The question that remains open is whether there is a legal way out. According to the most pessimistic analyses, the answer is no: the oversight mechanisms have been captured. And if those in power feel cornered, some claim the response could be civil war. An extreme scenario, but one that reflects the accumulated distrust.
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