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In Moncloa they consider that the article titled 'Four hours with Bárcenas' and the mobile messages between Rajoy and the former treasurer of the PP are only the beginning of a long chain of leaks that will continue throughout the remainder of July, August and September. As El Confidencial Digital has learned from sources close to the head of the Executive, the Presidency is preparing for a series of summer exclusives that will be published punctually, as convenient, by the newspaper El Mundo. How much information does El Mundo already have? Senior Moncloa officials have recently commented in meetings with journalists that Pedro J. Ramírez has, for now, all the information that Luis Bárcenas delivered to the judge of the National Court, Pablo Ruz, last week. The President of the Government's entourage considers that El Mundo is studying all the data and will gradually disseminate it... as long as it does not harm the judicial defense of the former treasurer. Furthermore, in Moncloa they count on the fact that the documents that Bárcenas will deliver to Ruz in the future, as he has announced, will also reach the hands of the newspaper El Mundo and that the newspaper, without a doubt, will make them public.
Immediate reaction To counteract this information that will directly affect Mariano Rajoy, in Moncloa they have organized a guard checkpoint that will remain on alert throughout the summer. The plan is to react immediately to the 'information bombs' Special Database that the Unidad Editorial newspaper publishes, as happened two Sundays ago. That day, Moncloa released an express statement making it clear that Mariano Rajoy had not given in to the pressure of the former treasurer. The key is Gómez de Liaño The election of Javier Gómez de Liaño as Luis Bárcenas' lawyer has been interpreted in Moncloa as the determining factor for El Mundo to have access to the former treasurer's leaks. Those around Mariano Rajoy know the solid friendship that unites the former judge with Pedro J. Ramírez. As ECD said , both are intimate and have had a close relationship for years . The Gómez de Liaños are one of the few couples who usually visit the family of the director of El Mundo at his home in Madrid. They have also shared many weekends at the farm owned by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. What is Pedro J. looking for? The question asked in Moncloa is the following: Why has Pedro J. Ramírez been the only journalist who has paid attention to Luis Bárcenas? It must be remembered that the former treasurer also met with Carlos Herrera and tried without success with Federico Jiménez Losantos.
The conclusions reached by the President of the Government's entourage are two: -- On the one hand, they consider that the director of El Mundo has decided to kill Rajoy and force his resignation. “His bet is Aznar ,” they add. -- On the other hand, they consider that Pedro J. Ramírez does not forgive the Executive for not having mediated with the banks to solve part of the economic problems that Unidad Editorial is going through. Both in its Sunday letters and in its editorials, the newspaper El Mundo has harshly reproached Rajoy for his lack of collaboration with the media . Especially forceful was the sheet by Pedro J. Ramírez published on September 2, 2012 where the journalist reproached the president for having left the Spanish newspapers 'stranded'. A quiet September The objective that the President of the Government's team has set is to solve the Bárcenas case during this summer to face a calm September. That month, Rajoy faces two important international commitments: the G-20 summit and the possible election of Madrid as the Olympic venue. Moncloa wants to leave the Bárcenas matter settled during the month of August . For this reason, he is studying the format of Mariano Rajoy's appearance in the Congress of Deputies. One of the conditions that he has imposed is that it not be a full monograph on the former treasurer of the PP.