A year since Sánchez's "reflection" that had the country in vilo and led to an antibula plan and a "bunkerization" of the PSOE

Publishing a four-folio letter in the format of a well-known text processor on social network X, the old Twitter, is not an easy task. And not even advisable. The image loses resolution and, if necessary, it is a better idea to translate the same text into thread format (several successive tweets) or in a similar way. But those responsible for the Secretariat of State for Communication (SEC) - the communication team in Moncloa, which works under…

On April 24, 2024, Sánchez sent a "letter to the citizenry" in which he announced an unprecedented stop in his duties to "reflect" on whether or not he deserved to continue as president after a court in Madrid opened investigations against his wife, Begoña Gómez. After five days of uncertainty, Sánchez made an institutional statement from Moncloa announcing that he was not only still in his position, but would do so "with more force if possible".

Exactly one year ago, Pedro Sánchez decided he needed to "reflect" for five days. Not one more, not one less. As if he were choosing whether to order a hamburger or pizza for dinner, but the presidential version. He did so with a letter to the public in which he confessed to being a man deeply in love—remember?—and so affected by criticism of his wife that he had no choice but to take a deep breath and put aside his obligations to decide whether…

This Thursday has been a year since the publication of the surprising letter of Pedro Sánchez, in which the president announced a few days of reflection to decide whether or not it was worth following the government in the wake of the attacks that he denounced against him and his wife, Begoña Gómez. "I urgently need to answer the question of whether it is worth it, despite the mud in which the right and the far right intend to convert politics. …

Pedro Sánchez wrote a letter. But not just any letter, one "to the citizens." In it, he said he was stepping down... to reflect. And that for five days no one would know if he would continue as Prime Minister. He wrote: "I need to stop and reflect... I urgently need to answer myself if it's worth it." The letter fell like a bomb. And not only because of its content, but because of the context: Judge Peinado had just opened proceedings against hi…