Prime Minister of Spain, socialist Pedro Sanchezwill appear at the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies in the near future Wednesday, May 22to explain business his wife Begoña Gomezand respond to accusations from People’s Party (PP) conservatives about a possible conflict of interest.

This appearance comes almost a month after several days of deliberation that Sánchez took to continue leading Spain’s executive branch after a Madrid court opened proceedings after complaint filed by a far-right trade union against the president’s wife.

On April 24, Sanchez announced that he was giving himself five days to consider whether to continue as president after campaign of “persecution and demolitions” against him from the right (PP)the far right (Vox), and media and organizations associated with both, including attacks on his wife.

The Council of Press Secretaries, which met in Congress on Tuesday, accepted the socialist’s proposal appear in the lower house report on the latest European Council and other issues such as Spain’s relations with Gibraltar and recognition of a Palestinian state.

The appearance will take place after the PP has asked him several times explains his wife’s business relationship with the Globalia group and Begoña Gomez’s alleged ties to public bailouts of companies such as Air Europewhere conservatives see a possible conflict of interest.

“We have nothing to hide, and especially not the President of the Government,” stressed the representative of the Socialists in Congress, Patsi López, at a press conference at which he announced that Sánchez would go to Congress to also respond to the PP’s request. explain his last tour of Poland, Norway and Ireland to find European support for recognition of a Palestinian state.

“And for them to talk about what they think is relevant to the conflict of interest that they say affects the party and entourage of the Prime MinisterLopez said.

The PSOE spokesman in the lower house called on the PP to tone down its speech in the next debate and move towards “constructive” intervention, although he said that “doesn’t expect much.”

“Something about his deplorable political strategy. “I believed that I lived in a country where guilt, not innocence, must be proven by evidence,” the spokesman said.

EFE