The Government tries to distance itself from the controversy on RTVE: "The directors are independent" The trigger for this internal crisis would have been the pressure from La Moncloa "by land, sea and air" for the signing of comedian David Broncano to go ahead. The objective would be for the program La Resistencia to compete in the same time slot with that of Pablo Motos, not so much to take away audience from Antena 3 but to reduce the impact that El Hormiguero has on public opinion.