Aznar, noble champion of democratic freedom:

 Spain's outgoing ruling party has threatened to sue Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar after he accused it of planning a "coup".

The Popular Party (PP) was infuriated by the director's allegation that it planned to postpone Sunday's general election in a bid to maintain power.

"We were on the point (of having) a PP coup d'etat," Mr Almodovar told a press conference on Tuesday.

"The PP will bring a complaint before the appropriate courts," it said.

The director referred to media claims that outgoing Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar had planned to postpone the election with demonstrations outside PP headquarters in Madrid....

--BBC

(Thanks to INTL-News for spotting this.)