What is the leaked WhatsApp messages scandal embroiling Spain's PM?

What is the leaked WhatsApp messages scandal embroiling Spain's PM?

Leaked messages have revealed how Pedro Sánchez kept his MPs in line and referred to colleagues as “hypocrites” and a "disgrace". The texts also go some way to explain his close ties to an ex-minister at the centre of an ongoing corruption scandal.

The leak of private messages between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos is causing a stir. This Monday, WhatsApp conversations between the Socialist leader and his former minister and friend came to light, in which both harshly criticized their fellow PSOE members. This news has filled the headlines in the print press, and radio and television talk shows are the only topic being discussed. However, some, …

If it wasn’t for the gravity of the matter, the truth is that it’s fun to see the contortionism they have to do in TVE Silvia Intxaurrondo and Javier Ruiz to justify the content of whatsapps that are being revealed between Pedro Sánchez and José Luis Ábalos and that is taking out in remittances the newspaper ‘El Mundo‘. The presenter of ‘Mañaneros 360’ thus raised the question comparing it with the case of Mariano Rajoy and Luis Bárcenas: Before…