The general secretary of the Partido Popular and campaign director for the general elections on November 29, Miguel Tellado, criticized this Thursday the words of the President of the Government and socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, after he did not rule out a pardon for the former Attorney General of the State Álvaro García Ortiz in an interview with elDiario.es.
In a post published on his X social media account, Tellado assured that this statement shows that Sánchez knows that "he is going to lose", that he intends to "quickly pay back favors" and that he wants to prevent García Ortiz from "singing", in reference to the former Attorney General of the State, convicted of a crime of revealing reserved data related to the leak of confidential information about Alberto González Amador.
The three conclusions drawn by the popular leader
According to the PP's campaign manager, the fact that Pedro Sánchez does not rule out the pardon of Álvaro García Ortiz demonstrates, first of all, that the President of the Government "knows he is going to lose". Secondly, he interprets that the head of the Executive has to "quickly pay pending favors", because, in his opinion, if the Attorney General of the State, whom he has described as "docile", "falters", he could be tempted to "sing".
Tellado's third conclusion is that Sánchez will try to "use Congress to sneak in all possible absurdities". From there, the popular leader summarized his criticism with a resounding statement: the President of the Government "came to politics with tricks and will leave with more tricks".
Tellado closed his message with an electoral call, stating that they must "sweep them away at the polls with forcefulness" and that the PP will do so.
Sánchez's interview
Miguel Tellado's criticisms come after Pedro Sánchez stated in elDiario.es that he does not rule out a pardon for Álvaro García Ortiz. Asked if the Council of Ministers would approve this measure before the elections, the president replied that "he does not rule it out".
In that same context, Sánchez assured: "We are currently studying all the laws and measures that we have pending to see the feasibility of being able to approve them either in the Permanent Deputation or by the Government in its capacity as executive power".
The president and socialist candidate received elDiario.es at 12:30 PM on Wednesday at the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz, and, after the death of Maricarmen, agreed to extend the interview with several questions about a death that has shocked Spanish society. That part of the interview was recorded on Thursday, according to the media outlet.
At the start of the interview, Sánchez stated: "Spain needs more social progress and fewer insults from the right."
Housing, parliamentary blockade, and commitment on evictions
In the same interview, Pedro Sánchez defended an intervention in the housing market to guarantee access to a home and insisted on the need to "intervene". Furthermore, he presented these elections as a dilemma between "rights or cuts" and between "the people or vulture funds".
The president attributed part of the difficulties to the regional governments of the PP and Vox, as well as to the parliamentary blockade, and affirmed that it is necessary to make article 47 of the Constitution what, in his opinion, it should be: "a right, a reality". He also assured his commitment that no eviction will occur during the remainder of the legislature.
Also asked about possible foreign interference in the elections, Sánchez said he is concerned "and not only from nations, but also from non-state actors". In that context, he referred to the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, after criticism on social media of his housing measures, and wondered "why these oligarchs position themselves against debates that are a bit far from them".
Sánchez no descarta indultar al Fiscal general condenado, vía decreto, antes de las elecciones. Esto demuestra que: 1. Sabe que va a perder 2. Tiene que pagar rápido los favores pendientes, por si el dócil García Ortiz flaquea y tiene tentación de cantar. 3. Va a usar el Congreso para colar todos los disparates posibles. Llegó a la política con trampas y se irá con más trampas. Por eso hay que barrerles en las urnas con contundencia. Lo haremos. https://t.co/r8c5hk7uqF
— Miguel Tellado (@Mtelladof) October 9, 2026