The halls of the Congress of Deputies often become the setting chosen by our politicians to offer their “best” phrases. And if not the best, then the most controversial. Although in the case of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, any opportunity is good to leave his mark. Just yesterday, after being asked in the Lower House about the fact that there are still close to a thousand minors without guardianship in Ceuta, The Chief Executive released (ironic smile through): “That, ask Vivas”.
As if the thing were not with him; as if the migratory and humanitarian crisis suffered by the autonomous Spanish city were the sole responsibility of its president, the popular Juan Jesús Vivas; as if the head of the Government had nothing to say in this matter, Sánchez pointed out, with sarcasm and contemptand shot at his target. Because that is their strategy, to divert attention and offload responsibility onto someone else. And if that other person can be Vivas, whose television presence seems to arouse more interest than his, then even better.
But that outburst against the PP leader has not been the only one that Sánchez has launched during this month and a half. In the midst of the tragedy and with the Ceuta powder keg about to explode, the President of the Government went on vacation to La Mareta. Because? Because “I have worked and I have rested. That is also my right.” And that’s it, there’s nothing more to talk about, Ceuta can wait.
This is how the Chief Executive responded after being asked, in one of his many interviews, about his absence in the middle of the Ceuta crisis. And, in his opinion, the opposition’s criticism lacks argumentation. The only valid one is yours: if you work, you rest, whether you are an employed worker or the President of the Government of Spain. And although his team of ministers has come to his defense, saying that he is “connected” all day long even though he is on vacation, Sánchez did not even bother to give explanations, it is his right.
In the face of corruption, “what an invention”
Be that as it may, Sánchez seems to have a comment prepared for every crisis. It is enough to remember that convulsive press conference of the leader of the PSOE, after a five-hour meeting with his Executive. An appearance that had the objective respond to the audios that had been leaked from the “Koldo case” and the involvement of two of his trusted men at that time: José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán. It was June 2025 and a lot has rained since then, but what everyone remembers from that intervention is not what he said about both socialist leaders or the “three bad apples” in his party but his out of tone in the face of insistent questions from journalists: “It’s five o’clock and I haven’t eaten”.
There were many media outlets that denounced not only the lack of respect for accredited journalists and media outlets, who were also without food awaiting his appearance, but also for all Spaniards who deserved and deserve an explanation for the corruption that surrounds their party and their family. Although for this, Sánchez also had a way out. In November 2024, when Víctor de Aldama testified before the judge of the National Court, pointing out several ministers and the head of the Executive himself, He solved it with a mythical: “What an invention.”
“If you need more resources, ask for them”
But when it comes to controversies, his failed, ill-fated and tortuous visit to Paiporta with the Kings of Spain takes the cake. We must remember that days after the DANA tragedy, when Valencians were still trying to remove the mud from their homes, mourn their victims and recover their lives, The president of the Government “fled” from Paiporta and left the Kings alone with the then president of the Generalitat Carlos Mazónbefore the angry response of some neighbors hurt by the terrible management of the crisis.
Don Felipe and Doña Letizia responded to the complaints and tried to calm the Valencians, they endured the criticism, the pain and the anger of those who had lost their loved ones, their homes… their lives. But Sánchez, no. He decided to get out of there first, because He has already made it clear to the Valencians and Mazón: “If he needs more resources, he should ask for them”. Thus, once again, Sánchez evaded any responsibility not only for the tragedy but for the management. What’s more, in that desire to emerge successfully from any crisis and keep “his person” intact, Sánchez once again became a meme.
His “I’m fine” after his controversial visit to Paiporta He aroused the indignation of those who saw how he fled from the procession while the Kings remained with those affected. Because saying “I’m fine” from a cold press room while the death toll exceeded 200, perhaps was not his best expression.