Political analyst José Manuel Rivero has warned that Spain is in the “final stages of a coup d’état” aimed at overthrowing the coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez. During an appearance on Radio San Borondón, Rivero stated that this operation is not a simple phenomenon, but rather the result of a delegitimization strategy involving right-wing media, judicial, and police sectors since the beginning of the legislature. According to the analyst, this offensive combines internal judicial harassment (lawfare ) with international geopolitical pressure.
A strategy of judicial and media harassment
Rivero explained that the campaign against the government has manifested itself in protests outside the Socialist Party headquarters on Ferraz Street and in a constant attempt to denigrate the public image and dignity of Pedro Sánchez and his family. As examples of this harassment, he cited the legal proceedings against the president’s wife, Begoña Gómez, and his brother. The analyst mentioned the recent acceptance of a lawsuit for false accusation filed by Vito Quiles against the president’s wife, after a previous case involving a restaurant was dismissed, noting that these actions are part of a scheme designed to undermine the president. He also linked the cases of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Leire Díez to this same trend.
The police leak and the geopolitical key
According to the political scientist, the core of the current coup attempt revolves around the leak to a right-wing media outlet of a police report requested by National Court Magistrate María Tardón (a former Popular Party councilwoman in the Madrid City Council under Mayor José María Álvarez del Manzano and a former Caja Madrid board member appointed by the PP), following a complaint from the Justice Europe group. This document links the Moroccan gendarmerie to the mass entry of people and the violation of Spanish territorial integrity that occurred on July 30 and 31. Rivero argues that these displaced people were used as a “geopolitical battering ram” to force a collapse in the Spanish state’s capacity to respond.
According to the analyst, this border crisis is not accidental, but rather a coordinated international reprisal supported by the United States and the Zionist entity, due to Morocco’s close ties with Israel. The tensions stem from Sánchez’s reluctance to invest 5% of Spain’s GDP in military spending, the Spanish government’s opposition to the genocide in Palestine, and its veto of the use of the Morón and Rota military bases for Washington and Tel Aviv’s bombing campaigns against Iran. Rivero also recalled that the Trump administration had previously warned of potential legal consequences and reprisals against Sánchez’s government.
The ultimate goal: an accusation of treason
According to Rivero, the legal and media maneuver aims to refute the Prime Minister’s statements on Cadena SER radio and contradict the official position of the Ministry of the Interior. Although TVE news reported a letter from Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska assuring that the government had no prior knowledge of the report, the analyst warns that the opposition has a larger objective. Far-right sectors, represented by Vox, intend to use the proceedings opened in the National Court to elevate the case to the Supreme Court and prosecute Pedro Sánchez for alleged treason, arguing that he is covering up Morocco’s actions against the advice of the National Police and the Civil Guard.
Parliamentary isolation and the rise of fascism
The political analyst emphasized that those behind this operation are exploiting the government’s own mistakes and mismanagement of the geopolitical crisis to accelerate the process. This situation leaves the president extremely vulnerable, isolated, without clear parliamentary support for the upcoming session in Congress, and facing the added difficulty of not having a General State Budget in place. According to Rivero, the recent demonstrations, supposedly organized in support of Ceuta, revealed “the true face of fascism,” characterized by serious insults directed at the president and direct attacks on members of the media.
Finally, Rivero harshly criticized the People’s Party’s stance, which he considers “abducted by Vox’s fascism,” especially regarding immigration policy. He condemned the supposed solidarity touted by PP-led administrations, denouncing that their city councils have blocked the reception of migrants remaining on the streets of Ceuta. The analyst concluded by pointing out that if each of the thousands of Spanish municipalities were to take in just one person, the problem in the autonomous city would disappear immediately, demonstrating a real lack of political will.
