Overview
- Vice President Yolanda Díaz mistakenly said “there will be government of corruption for a long time” when she meant “coalition government” during a Senate control session.
- Partido Popular senators laughed, stood to applaud, and were admonished by Senate President Pedro Rollán to keep decorum.
- The slip came as Díaz answered PP spokesperson Alicia García on alleged corruption and her prior pledge to leave the government if illicit financing in the PSOE were indicated, after urging support for stronger protections for whistleblowers.
- Opposition lawmakers echoed the phrase in later questions to other ministers, while Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska defended Díaz by framing it as irony.
- The PP rapidly pushed video of the moment on social media as Díaz later posted on Instagram acknowledging the lapsus and blaming the chamber’s interruptions, against a backdrop of ongoing court cases involving figures close to Pedro Sánchez.