Pedro Sánchez promised that the first coalition government "will walk in one direction, with several voices but only one word." What citizens already perceive, however, is an orchestra with two directors conducting the baton. They were not mistaken who ventured that in Moncloa there were really going to be two governments, with conflicting interests. The clashes in matters of state are daily and it is difficult to know which political direction is followed. And the most surprising thing is that Pablo Iglesias is winning the pulse , who ends up imposing the theses of Podemos in matters that fall under socialist ministers, humiliated by Sanchez himself to flatten his head every time the purple formation raises his voice.

It has already happened with such delicate issues as immigration policy, the reform of the Criminal Code, the regulation of equality or even the management of the crisis in the agricultural sector. Ministers such as those of the Interior, Justice or Agriculture see themselves without the support of the president as soon as those of Iglesias put the cry in the sky for their initiatives. That Marlaska announces a hardening of the conditions to request asylum and a reinforcement of the fences of Ceuta and Melilla, Sánchez goes out to deny it as soon as we can protest. That the head of Justice says that there is a need to propose a more comprehensive reform of the Criminal Code - even to hide a bit of changes ad hominem in crimes such as sedition - and that it is not serious to pretend to pass a law of sexual freedom quickly and quickly, Without any rigor, Sanchez takes no time and promises that the law will be "yes or yes" for 8-M as soon as Irene Montero rages in fear for not being able to take a picture on Women's Day . That the agricultural sector rises because of the crisis that it suffers, Sánchez corners the minister of the branch and lets it be Churches and the Minister of Labor, also of Podemos, who decide which organizations they receive and which they do not, while urging the protesters to continue "pressing" against the Government, as if they did not integrate it or is that they encourage to protest against the socialist faction.

It seemed that Sánchez and Iván Redondo had won the game to Iglesias with a vice-presidency - diluted among four - decorative. But the leader of Podemos always proves smarter than them and has not taken long to carry the singing voice in almost everything. It was enough that he will declare Guaidó as "leader of the Venezuelan opposition" so that Moncloa would stop treating him as president in charge and turn his relationship with Chavismo. Or it was enough to attack the Justice on account of the 1-O ruling so that the president of the Government, instead of claiming the good name and operation of the rule of law, endorsed "the freedom of expression" of Iglesias.

Such is the power that the leader of Podemos monopolizes, which, as we anticipate today, will be part of the Delegate Commission of the Government for Intelligence Affairs, the body that controls nothing less than the CNI. The inclusion of Iglesias is disturbing because, definitely, it means that a party that was born as an anti-system - a spirit that has not lost at all - shares the control of the most sensitive state springs. Sanchez sold the idea that Podemos was going to stay away from the so-called state ministries - such as Interior, Finance or Defense - to reassure citizens, investors and markets. But now it is seen that the government pact included many secrets and that Iglesias was not willing to let anything fundamental escape his control. More than worrying.

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