The cordon sanitaire had to be done to separatism

It is a shame that the Government talks so much about cordons sanitaires only to apply them to the opposition.

Because the humiliating situation in which his separatist partners are placing him on account of the alleged espionage insults all Spaniards, and should lead him to reflect on

: those who not only promoted a coup against legality constitutional but declare the intention to do it again.

Instead

to isolate them

driven by his parliamentary precariousness and his desire for power;

he pardoned them and caked with Casado's PP the new composition of the Court of Auditors, which for pure political reasons has ended up condoning

a large part of the amount of the fines imposed on the leaders of the

, allowing the Generalitat to guarantee such sanctions with public money.

An embarrassing swerve that discredits the institution that watches over the resources that come from taxpayers who do comply with the law.

Not content with such a display of impunity, and concerned about the growing demobilization of their electorate due to the failure of the expectations they themselves created,

on account of the information that appeared in an American publication, written by the way from an undeniable Hispanophobic and black-legendary bias.

But instead of discrediting it and defending the work of the security services of any self-respecting democratic state, Sánchez has bought the story of secessionism and has sent his plenipotentiary minister -Félix Bolaños- to Barcelona to try to put out the fire, It is not going to be that ERC fulfills its threat this time and liquidates the viability of the legislature, starting with the decisive economic decree that is voted on Thursday.

: he offered the Government to open an investigation at the CNI - where a just indignation reigns, as we report today - to clarify this alleged espionage, another from the Ombudsman, the "immediate" entry of separatism into the official secrets commission of Congress so that the director of the CNI appears and the declassification of official documents.

There is no greater genuflection before parties responsible for a coup and a week of wildfires after the Supreme Court ruling.

But ERC, aware of its position of strength in the face of a faltering Executive,

and demands heads.

And all eyes of radical populism point to the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who has defended the CNI with the firmness that Sánchez has not had.

The rest of the anti-system and pro-independence forces that support the government have joined the complaint.

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The problem with Sanchista's weakness is that the concessions required by his precarious balance of power are paid for by the equality of Spaniards.

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