Reactions to the resignation of the director of the CNI Paz Esteban on May 10, 2022

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The political parties and representatives of the factions react to the resignation of Paz Esteban from her position as director of the National Intelligence Center.

The spokesperson for Republican Left in Congress, Gabriel Rufian, finds the resignation of the director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) “logical” because the ‘Pegasus case’ revealed a security breach by contaminating cell phones of the president and other members of the government . Of course, he continues to find the situation of Defense Secretary Margarita Robles, who is politically responsible for the fired woman, ‘untenable’.

At a congressional press conference, Rufián pointed out that in a country where the government itself has admitted that the cellphones of the President, the Secretary of Defense and perhaps other members of the Council have been “illegally” spied on, it seems “logical” that the highest intelligence authority takes responsibility “if this should happen to him.”

In any case, Rufián does not see Esteban’s resignation as a victory for the independence movement and has in fact insisted on the need to release CNI documents that have already been leaked and open that committee of inquiry in Congress that they have requested. . “Those who think this is to please ERC are wrong,” he added.

the leader of PPAlberto Núñez Feijóo has strongly denounced the chief executive, Pedro Sánchez, for the “unjustified” dismissal of the director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban, and has assured that the move is a “real insult” to Spain . In his opinion, he “offers” his head to the independence fighters and “weakens” the state “to seek its survival”.

the chairman of vox, Santiago Abascal wrote a post on Twitter saying that “Sánchez has decided to criminalize those who protect and pardon us and deal with those who attack us.” Abascal has criticized in the aforementioned publication that this response from the Executive is “an autocracy at the service of his person”, referring to Sánchez. “The mechanisms of the state must protect us from terrorists, coup plotters and criminals who attack our sovereignty, rights and freedoms,” the Vox leader claimed.

The spokesperson for PDeCAT in Congress, Ferran Bel warned on Tuesday that Paz Esteban’s resignation as head of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) is neither “sufficient” nor “politically relevant” and has again demanded the government to explain the spying of Independentistas and opening a parliamentary inquiry. Bel has pointed out that it is necessary to know the government’s justification for the dismissal of Esteban, a dismissal which he believes may have more to do with the “important statement” that the espionage of members of the Council of Ministers than with those who suffered from members of pro-independence formations like him.

the deputy of the cup in Congress, Mireia Vehí considers Esteban’s resignation “inadequate”. His conclusion is that the resignation of the director of the CNI is “a smokescreen” that is not enough for them and he believes that Paz Esteban is only “a scapegoat” as Robles is “the political leader” and the chairman of the According to the law, the government is aware of the activities of the intelligence services. “They kill those who carry out orders and those who give them, what happens? -He wondered-. Let them show their faces.”

The spokesperson for United we can, Pablo Echenique, has urged the government not to close the crisis “falsely” due to spying on politicians through the Pegasus program, promoting the imminent democratic regeneration agenda, beyond taking on responsibilities, which he does not believe can be delegated. According to him, the priority is now to provide guarantees so that ‘mass’ espionage by politicians, in this case pro-independence and nationalists, no longer occurs.

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