Rajoy likened to Richard Nixon in 'Bárcenas-gate' case
Monday, August 5, 2013 @ 7:33 PM
SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy has been compared to former US leader Richard Nixon (pictured) in a video launched by the opposition socialist party, the PSOE.
They have likened Rajoy, who spoke out in Parliament for the first time on Thursday over the Bárcenas slush-fund scandal allegedly involving him and other top-flight PP members, to Nixon in the Watergate case.
It was this case which forced the former American president to 'admit the truth, accept political responsibility and resign from his post in light of the seriousness of the situation', said the PSOE, who add that 'history is repeating itself'.
The socialists recalled that during Rajoy's speech in Congress this week, he said he did not benefit from being in politics – since he has another profession he could return to – and that he had no reason to hamper investigations or the course of justice, always proclaiming his honesty and innocence and flatly refusing to stand down as head of State.
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