Sánchez sólo sería responsable si Ábalos no fuera inocente

Sánchez sólo sería responsable si Ábalos no fuera inocente

Episode Transcript

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In his statements this weekend,Ávaloshas insisted on his innocence in the Coldo
case, claiming that he is notcharged and that he is not even mentioned
in the complaint. That is so, criminally, but it has nothing to
do with your political responsibility before thecourts. The presumption of innocence prevails at

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the political level. The only innocentpeople are the citizens who do not have
to bear that someone who has actednegligently and harmfully continues to represent us.
Antonio Asunción resigned as Minister when Roldánescaped Esperanza Aguirre. She resigned three times

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as President of the Community, asleader of PEPE in Madrid and as municipal
spokesman, as her collaborators were chargedwith corruption. The arguments of Abalos not
to follow that pattern are very weak. He says that if he had been
a Minister, he would have resigned, but as a Member, he does

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not have to do so. Inother words, it would have been more
serious to fail the President who appointedhim than to fail all the citizens they
represent. He also says that I' m not being asked to resign,
but that it' s about drivingme out of public life. Hear as
if the only way to participate inpolitics was to hold the post of deputy

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or as if he could not standagain as a candidate for Congress in the
upcoming elections. Then he hides himselfin the hypocrisy of those who are pressing.
It says when they' re carryingworse things behind their backs. It
is obvious that it refers to theEPEP, but no member of the opposition

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appointed an adviser to anyone who endedup fixing contracts and severing commissions. In
this line he suggests that, sincehe is no longer anyone who collects his
head afterwards they will go for Sanchezand that is why he appeals to intelligence
and strategy, while insisting that heis has not asked for the Minutes.

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This is the key point insofar asit is inconsistent with his proclaimed and unquestioned
innocence, because, even though hewas pyroped as Aizkolari, Sánchez did not
appoint Coldo to any public office.Who Sanchez named went toÁvalos. As
much as he exaggerates the pepe,Sanchez cannot be blamed today for anything in

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relation to the Coldo case. Hispolitical responsibility would only arise if Avalos were
not innocent or if he was shownto know something about what happened when he
dismissed him as Minister, maintaining himand promoting him as a Member of Parliament.
It' s a book thing.Avalos incurred a great recklessness by naming

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someone from the coldo profile. Nowhe deserves to be punished for not keeping
an eye on him and for nothaving prevented his misunderstandings. It is so
logical that he resigns as a congressmanthat if he does not do so and
he accepts it, there will onlybe the hypothesis that, in defense of

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the wage burden or of which Avaloswill say, he is pressuring Sanchez as
a repository of unconfessable secrets.