Sánchez tries to contain the crisis with two rounds of anti-corruption measures

"Shall we commit hara-kiri?" they demand from the Moncloa Palace, in reaction to the corruption scandal that has Pedro Sánchez in serious trouble. But it's a rhetorical question: among the options on the table, they assure us that the Prime Minister is not considering political suicide as a response to the "toxic triangle" that has developed within the PSOE, composed of Santos Cerdán, José Luis Ábalos, and Koldo García.

"Shall we all resign tomorrow and let the PP govern?" Sánchez's team insists. That, they conclude, would be "falling into the right's trap." Therefore, it is not an option either. "This president is not corrupt, we are not corrupt, and we are ashamed of what has happened," they warn. "But we are still the most qualified people to continue fighting to eradicate corruption," they assert.

Without considering, at least for now, resignation, a change in the presidency, hastening elections, submitting to a vote of confidence, or revalidating his leadership at an extraordinary PSOE congress, Sánchez is trying to stem the drain, to survive and keep his mandate afloat, with two packages of anti-corruption measures, according to sources within his inner circle confirmed to La Vanguardia .

The president plans to announce the first of these packages of initiatives, both organic and internal, at the PSOE federal congress, which he will chair next Saturday, July 5, at Ferraz. Expectations are high, as is anxiety due to the seriousness of the situation, as evidenced by the fact that more than 300 members of the federal committee have already confirmed their attendance at the meeting of the PSOE's highest decision-making body between congresses.

Anxiety is at its peak within the PSOE: more than 300 members of the federal committee have already confirmed their attendance on Saturday.

Earlier that morning, Sánchez is expected to propose to his executive the new organizational chart for the Ferraz leadership, including the name designated to replace Cerdán as head of the organizational secretariat, which would then be ratified by the federal committee.

Although no one seems to have any certainty yet, despite the numerous predictions circulating, most agree that the position of secretary of organization will be assumed by a woman this time. This would be the first since Leire Pajín held the position from 2008 to 2010, during José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's term. The only woman to previously hold the reins of organization was Carmen García Bloise, from 1979 to 1984, when Felipe González was leader of the PSOE.

Sánchez plans to announce a second package of legislative anti-corruption measures in his appearance before the Congress of Deputies next Wednesday, July 9th. And the Moncloa government indicates that he will do so because the Cortes will be responsible for approving these new legislative initiatives.

The president already has a wide range of possible measures on the table, yet to be finalized, and many proposals from his coalition partner, Sumar, and his legislative allies. María Jesús Montero and Félix Bolaños agreed yesterday, in their meeting with Ernest Urtasun and other representatives of the confederal coalition, on "the need to give the legislative session a boost with social and anti-corruption measures."

There is agreement that a woman will be the new secretary of organization: the third after Pajín and Bloise

While Sánchez remains in Seville from last Sunday until this afternoon, with a busy agenda at the UN Development Financing Summit, his core group is trying to contain this crisis, amidst enormous internal and external pressures.

Félix Bolaños insisted that they will continue governing "until 2027." And Óscar López emphasized that the president "can and must continue." "The work of this government is too great to be tainted by two people who have betrayed us," he warned.