Pedro Sanchez announced he’s not going to resign as Spain’s prime minister after all, vowing to stay on to “defend democracy” as he drew a five-day national guessing game to an uncertain close.

After taking a break from public view in order to consider his future, Sanchez announced his decision in a televised statement from his official residence in Madrid. Last week the 52-year-old premier had said he’d consider resigning after a judge opened a case alleging influence-peddling against his wife Begona Gomez.

Sanchez has repeatedly described the investigation into his wife as part of a right-wing plot to harass his family. Yet his unusual deliberations arrive not long into a hard-won third term in office, leading observers to speculate whether this was just another high-stakes ploy of the type the Socialist prime minister has become known for.

Those inclined to see the episode as erratic were given fuel by the timing of the premier’s announcement, which was kept opaque until Monday morning and then moved forward by an hour just minutes later. Critics are already seizing the opportunity to bash him.

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