Editorial: El Español

• Pedro Sánchez has endured a week full of adverse events, including PSOE's worst historical result in the Galician elections and the reveal of the Koldo case.
• The Centre for Sociological Research (CIS) has been used to manipulate public opinion, through the dissemination of electoral polls at strategic moments.
• These polls have invariably been in favor of the government, creating an image of self-fulfilling prophecies.
• This practice has been repeated on multiple occasions, including the general campaign in which, despite predictions to the contrary, PSOE came in second.

Conclusion: The manipulation of public opinion through electoral polls disgraces Spanish democracy and robs the government of the authority to rebuke other parties on democratic matters.

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