"Three weeks ago, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, the leader of the opposition conservative People's party (PP), rattled off the familiar litany of accusations and concluded by suggesting the man sitting opposite him in congress was neither a decent or worthy prime minister but rather a seasoned enabler of corruption. After the giddy applause that greeted Feijoo's speech from the PP benches had died down, Sanchez rose to his feet and uttered two words. Animo, Alberto, he said. Chin up, Alberto."
"Seven years ago, Sanchez became prime minister by using a vote of no confidence to topple the PP government of one of Feijoo's predecessors, Mariano Rajoy. By then, the conservative party was so mired in scandals that Sanchez accused it of turning Spanish politics into a corruption thriller. In a series of leaked text messages, Rajoy told his close ally, the former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas, to be strong and to keep his chin up as the net closed around him hence the Animo, Alberto dig."
Pedro Sánchez has spent 18 months defending family members, his party, the attorney general and his government against continuous corruption allegations. Opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo accused him of enabling corruption, prompting Sánchez to reply with the taunt “Animo, Alberto.” Sánchez previously used a successful no-confidence vote to oust Mariano Rajoy after the PP was engulfed by scandals. Leaked texts showed Rajoy urging Luis Barcenas to keep his chin up as investigations closed in; Barcenas was later jailed and the PP lost government. Sánchez asserts he has worked to tackle corruption and calls cases against his family politically motivated vendettas.
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