said on Wednesday he would step back from public duties “for a few days” to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings.
Manos Limpias has accused Gomez of receiving favors from airline Air Europa and its Spanish holding company Globalia during her time as director of an African research center at Madrid’s IE business school until 2022, according to a seven-page document published by radio station Cadena Ser on its website.
“The right-wing offensive cannot get its way,” she wrote on X. “We must defend democracy, the progressive bloc and the legitimacy of the coalition government that has improved people’s lives so much.”The announcement is in keeping with Sanchez’s knack for keeping Spaniards on their toes. The 52-year-old, known as “El Guapo” , is a known risk-taker who has frequently defied the odds to secure or maintain power.
If Sanchez were to step down parliament could choose another prime minister but given its fractured nature it seemed unlikely anyone would prevail, said Lluis Orriols, a professor in political science at the Carlos III University in Madrid. More likely would be another general election, Orriols said.