The case against a top Socialist official increases legal and political pressure on Sanchez, one of Europe’s longest-serving leftist leaders whose inner circle faces several ongoing investigations.
After an hours-long crisis meeting with top Socialist officials at party headquarters in Madrid, Sanchez hit back at the two opposition parties, who do not command a parliamentary majority.
The report also implicated Jose Luis Abalos, a former transport minister and once a member of Sanchez’s inner circle, and his ex-adviser Koldo Garcia.
Defending the Socialists’ response to the case, Sanchez said his party was “clean” and would not “cover up the corruption that emerges in our ranks, however painful it may be”.
The PP reiterated its demand for Sanchez’s resignation and early elections, with party spokesman Borja Semper telling reporters that “the only possible, dignified future is giving the Spanish people their say”.
As well as the Cerdan affair, legal investigations are ongoing against Sanchez’s wife, brother and the country’s Socialist-appointed top prosecutor.
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