Spanish PM’s former right-hand man detained in corruption investigation | Spain
A former senior official in Spain’s ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) was detained by a Supreme Court judge, investigating the allegations of corruption that unpublished the government of the country’s headquarters.
Santos Cerdán, a right -hand man of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who served as PSOE’s organizational secretary, left the “exact evidence of a judge in public construction contracts after finding the“ final evidence of the possible participation in recoils.
Cerdán’s allegations of criminal activities in a series of corruption against Sánchez’s circle against the circle of the prime minister, led the Prime Minister to demand his resignation and apologize to the voters, but rejected the general election calls.
On Monday, Cerdán appeared to express his allegations that he had affected bribery, impact selling and penalty association in the Supreme Court. After giving evidence, he was rejected with bail and the judge was detained by Leopoldo Puente.
The investigation began after the Materials of Guardia civil police force Anti -Corruption Unit, Cerdán’s former Psoe Transportation Minister José Luis ábalos and one of the minister’s assistants, Koldo García, and the court, which claimed to have discussed back recoil in the public contract. Ábalos and García also under investigation and rejected injustice. Cerdán, who resigned from his party role and resigned from the parliamentary seat shortly after the news was broken, promised to clean his name.
Sánchez, who was prime minister in 2018, after using a movement that does not trust the Conservative People’s Party (PP) Turf in 2018 Apart from the government, they are already struggling with graft investigations about his wife and brother, who deny any inaccuracies. A former member of PSOe has recently played a role in a alleged Smear campaign that has recently explored allegations of corruption against the Guardia Civil Police Unit.
Speaking after the decision of the judge, the Prime Minister said, “We are tight and now to fulfill Mr. Cerdán’s responsibility will be attached to the judicial officials,” he said.
However, the movement led PP to renew a new election requests.
“The person who chose the number two six months ago, the person who chose the number two six months ago, is accused of criminal charges, including bribery,” the leader of the party Alberto Núñez Feijóo said. “If this does not require a resignation and choice, this [Sánchez] He lost his contact with reality. “
