{"id":27636,"date":"2024-04-27T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/thousands-rally-in-madrid-to-urge-spanish-leader-pedro-sanchez-not-to-resign\/27\/04\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:50:16","slug":"thousands-rally-in-madrid-to-urge-spanish-leader-pedro-sanchez-not-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/thousands-rally-in-madrid-to-urge-spanish-leader-pedro-sanchez-not-to-resign\/27\/04\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands rally in Madrid to urge Spanish leader Pedro S\u00e1nchez not to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MADRID (AP) \u2014 Thousands of supporters and party members of Spain\u2019s Socialist party rallied outside the party\u2019s national headquarters in Madrid on Saturday to show their support for Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez and urge him not to step down.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez stunned Spain on Wednesday when he announced that he was canceling his itinerary while <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-politics-pedro-sanchez-wife-d418bdf1c934d44d11772b5b30d8ad6e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he considers whether or not to resign;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">he considers whether or not to resign<\/a> after what he described as a \u201csmear campaign\u201d against his wife. He said he would reveal his future plans on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez\u2019s shocking announcement came hours after a Spanish <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-prime-minister-wife-corruption-allegation-2a0a4ab8f603a5c63106813eec5b5579\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:judge opened a preliminary investigation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">judge opened a preliminary investigation<\/a> into allegation of corruption made against S\u00e1nchez\u2019s wife by a group aligned with right-wing interests. The Spanish leader said the allegations were \u201cspurious\u201d and that they formed the worst attack in what he described as an orchestrated campaign to discredit him by targeting his family. The Madrid regional prosecutor&#8217;s office recommended the allegations to be thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd packing the downtown street of Madrid on Saturday shouted \u201cYou are not alone!\u201d and waved party flags. Socialist leaders and the leaders of other left-wing parties have urged S\u00e1nchez not to resign. Prime minister since 2018, S\u00e1nchez has over three years left on his term.<\/p>\n<p>The right-of-center opposition Popular Party, however, said S\u00e1nchez\u2019s behavior was a desperate attempt to draw attention away from his wife and to win support in upcoming regional and European elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/thousands-rally-madrid-urge-spanish-181742862.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID (AP) &mdash; Thousands of supporters and party members of Spain&rsquo;s Socialist party rallied outside the party&rsquo;s national headquarters in Madrid on<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/thousands-rally-in-madrid-to-urge-spanish-leader-pedro-sanchez-not-to-resign\/27\/04\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}