Pedro Sanchez supporters gather near socialist party HQ urging the Spain prime minister to stay on

(27 Apr 2024)
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Madrid- 27 April 2024
1. Various of supporters of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) outside headquarters waving flags
2. PSOE sign outside socialist party headquarters
3. Banner reading (Spanish) “Sanchez keep going, YES” (referring to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez)
4. Demo participants
5. Various of socialist party supporters singing socialist anthem
6. Banner reading (Spanish) “You are not alone” with picture of Sanchez
7. Banner with Sanchez picture reading (Spanish) “Stay”
8. Eugenio Cano, 68-year-old retiree
9. SOUNDBITE( Spanish) Eugenio Cano, 68-year-old retiree:
“I think he has been a good president (President of the Government of Spain), I understand his personal and human concerns which are very respectable, but I think it would be a step backwards giving reason to the extreme right with their insults and their hoaxes. Solutions must be sought both at the judicial level and control of the media that publish hoaxes."
10. Set up of supporter waving flag
11 .SOUNDBITE ( Spanish) Poveda Sanchez, 70-year-old PSOE and Sanchez supporter:
"I think it is despicable that they think of slandering his wife and Pedro Sanchez, besides we love you Pedro, we want you to be with us. “
12. Banner reading (Spanish) “Pedro, resist the blow”
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Fructuosa, 37-year-old PSOE and Sanchez supporter:
"In politics, there are certain red lines that should not be crossed and the personal matters should always be left aside."
14. Socialist supporters with PSOE flag
STORYLINE:
Supporters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife gathered outside the governing socialist party's Madrid headquarters on Saturday.
It follows Sánchez’s announcement that he was considering his future as premier after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife Begoña Gómez on corruption allegations.
Sánchez, who is to announce his future Monday, blamed the judicial probe on “spurious” attacks by right and far-right opponents in the media and political parties.
The legal complaint against Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, was filed by a far-right legal platform that says Gómez used her position to influence business deals.
The group, Manos Limpias, or “Clean Hands,” acknowledged that the complaint was based on newspaper articles. Spanish prosecutors say it should be thrown out.
AP video shot by: Alicia Leon Perea
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