osp ed al — inc umb ent ▁Def ence ▁Minister ▁and ▁P P ▁Secretary ▁General — to ▁another ▁cor ruption ▁plot ▁in ▁Africa , ▁with ▁connections ▁to ▁the ▁Le zo ▁Operation . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁sc and als , ▁and ▁R ajo y ' s ▁ref us al ▁to ▁take ▁any ▁action ▁despite ▁opposition ▁calls , ▁Unidos ▁P ode mos ▁members — com pr ising ▁P ode mos , ▁United ▁Left , ▁En ▁Com ú ▁P ode m ▁and ▁En ▁M area — ann ounced ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁table ▁a ▁motion ▁of ▁no ▁confidence ▁and ▁would ▁request ▁support ▁from ▁P SO E ▁and ▁other ▁parties . ▁The ▁rival ries ▁between ▁the ▁opposition ▁parties , ▁however , ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁initi ative ▁was ▁unlikely ▁to ▁succeed : ▁P SO E ▁rejected ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁motion ▁and ▁accused ▁P ode mos ▁leader ▁Pablo ▁Ig les ias ▁of ▁" bad ▁faith " ▁and ▁of ▁inter fer ing ▁within ▁the ▁party ' s ▁on going ▁leadership ▁primary ▁election , ▁whereas ▁Ciudad anos — on ▁which ▁the ▁R ajo y ▁government ▁re lied ▁for ▁confidence ▁and ▁supply ▁support — l abeled ▁the ▁move ▁as ▁" circ us ". ▁The ▁Bas que ▁National ist ▁Party ▁also ▁vo iced ▁its ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁man eu ver . ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁Social ists ▁were ▁put ▁in ▁a ▁difficult ▁situation , ▁as ▁oppos ing ▁the ▁motion ▁would ▁see ▁them ▁r ally ing ▁behind ▁R ajo y ' s ▁government ▁amid ▁the ▁on going ▁sc and als ▁and