Four Councils of Ministers and four pronouncements. Two warnings and two files. The work with Isabel Rodríguez is accumulating to the Central Electoral Board, to which a new sanctioning file was initiated again this Wednesday for her press conference on May 3 at the Moncloa palace.

The government spokesperson failed for the fourth time in a row with her duty of neutrality during the electoral period. He did so by accusing the Popular Party of being “anti-system”, in reference to the controversial participation of Minister Bolaños in the acts of Dos de Mayo, Day of the Community of Madrid.

In its resolution, the JEC ruled that the manifestations of the also Minister of Territorial Policy in the aforementioned appearance “allegedly violated the prohibition that stems” from the Electoral Law, which prevents the Executive from exhibiting its achievements or criticizing the opposition in public spaces.

[The Electoral Board files on the spokesperson and the Government defends its right to criticize the PP]

For the Popular Party, which has denounced the spokesperson, this case is a “living example of what sanchismo is”. Sources from the national training directorate criticize EL ESPAÑOL that the consecutive warnings and the two disciplinary proceedings are “more than recidivism”. And they add: “They want to be above the Law.”

The PP's warning

In Genoa they are clear: “The law is the same for everyone and we will make the socialists comply with it. Institutions, such as the JEC, resist sanchismo defending the rules of the game in electoral processes. We will continue to report all violations.”

From Moncloa they already defended, in statements to this newspaper, that “during question time”, the spokeswoman can answer the PP   “when just asked for an assessment”. “Not responding to the PP would be an evident inequality of arms of the Government before the opposition party,” they reproached.

This institutional pulse between the Government and the opposition, always recurring in the electoral period, will continue until 28-M. The popular ones censor the partisan use of the press conferences in the Moncloa, while the Government defends the right to react to criticism from the opposition and to answer questions from journalists. Also in electoral period.

The PP filed its first complaint after the first press conference after the decree calling for the municipal and regional elections was signed, on April 4. Then, the claim was already estimated and the minister was warned.

The second occasion took place on April 18, when the JEC estimated the offensive of the popular with new warning. The third time, on April 25, the first file arrived and a warning also to   Teresa Ribera, third vice president of the Government. Now, Rodríguez adds a fourth reproach for his words on May 3 and a second file.

If the sanctions are successful, the spokesperson for the Executive could face the payment of up to 6,000 euros. According to the Electoral Law, “any infraction of the established obligatory norms that does not constitute a crime, will be sanctioned by the Competent Electoral Board. The fine will be between 300 and 3,000 euros if they are authorities or officials.”