Spain's Pedro Sanchez says he will stay on as prime minister after threatening to stand down over what he has denounced as a campaign of political harassment by the right. "I have decided to stay," he says in a highly anticipated public address after five days of silence which began following a court's decision to investigate his wife for alleged graft.
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00:00 I have decided to continue, to continue with more strength if possible, in front of the
00:07 Presidency of the Government of Spain.
00:10 This decision does not mean a point and followed, it is a point and apart, I guarantee you.
00:16 That is why I assume before you my commitment to work tirelessly, firmly and serenely
00:23 for the pending regeneration of our democracy and for the advancement and consolidation
00:28 of rights and freedoms.
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