Santos Cerdán’s alleged criminal activities put Pedro Sánchez’s government under pressure to call fresh elections
A former senior official in Spain’s ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) has been remanded in custody by a supreme court judge investigating corruption allegations that have put the country’s centre-left government under unprecedented pressure.
Santos Cerdán, who served as the PSOE’s organisational secretary and was the righthand man of the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, quit earlier this month after a judge found “firm evidence” of his possible involvement in taking kickbacks on public construction contracts.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/spanish-pm-former-right-hand-man-detained-corruption-investigation
Author : Sam Jones in Seville
Publish date : 2025-06-30 14:14:00
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