Editorial: El Mundo

• Luis Bárcenas's appearance in the Kitchen case has placed the government in front of a degrading episode.
• There is suspicion that the police means, reserved funds, and power structures were used to spy and subtract incriminating evidence for the party in power.
• It's clear that Bárcenas has credibility issues due to his lies and constant version changes.
• It is implausible that Bárcenas would have handled such sensitive information about the PP's B box without Rajoy's knowledge.
• The Kitchen case appears to be a device activated to neutralize someone who knew too much.
• Politically, the Kitchen case already severely condemns the PP's past.

Conclusion: At stake here is the corruption of democracy if the state is used to protect a party from its own scandals.

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