Corruption and politic go hand in hand for many people, especially in Spain. According to the organization Transparency International, Spain's self-image of corruption is one of the worst in the world. Only seven other countries think of themselves as more corrupt politically.
Corruption scandals breed within politics quite naturally in Spain. A recent example is the scandal related to inconsistencies in the way the government awarded public works contracts. One of them was spearheaded by populist leader Francisco Granados, whose work was truly organized crime. Granados had a network of ten companies that a partner of Granados, David Marjaliza, created with the sole intention of fishing for cushy contracts.
The same tendency to socialize corruption can be observed in the byzantine ERE program in Andalusia or the Pujol clan's dealings. Politicians, lawyers, union leaders, businessmen and laborers were all involved.
Also, there is a lack of resources and institutions such as the Tribunal de Cuentas to fight corruption. Prime Minister Rajoy has just started to show that he's listening to these views. If he can recharge old measures against corruption and carry them out, the nation would welcome the change.