This is the cause that investigates An alleged corruption network linked to public works contracts and illegal commissions.
The judicial resolution was known after Voluntary presentation of Cerdán before the Courtswhere he declared as accused. The judge Leopold Puente ordered his Preventive prison considering that former “three” of the PSOE could Fugo, destroy tests or hinder researchaccording to judicial sources.
During your appearance, Cerdán He only answered questions from his lawyer And he declared himself innocent: “I am innocent. I haven’t taken a euro”He said, while he denounced being a victim of a political persecution for having agreed with Basque parties the last investiture of Sánchez.
The arrest of the former official again shake to the Spanish rulinggiven that Cerdán is the first detainee in the cause and one of the main responsible for the party structure that consolidated the leadership of Sánchez. Next to the former Minister of Transportation, José Luis Ábalosand his advisor Koldo García, They designed the internal campaign of the PSOE which catapulted the current president of the Government to the leadership of the party.
With Sánchez’s arrival in La Moncloa, the three leaders They were awarded with key chargesand both Ábalos and Cerdán occupied the Secretariat of Organization of the Party until the scandal broke out.
In its resolution, Judge Puente located Cerdán as the leader of the plotpointing out that it was who “He introduced Koldo García, a man of his entire confidence, in the Ministry of Transport” -Then under the orbit of Ábalos- and who also took care of “Manage strategic appointments” Within that portfolio, “Keys to the designed operation”according to the newspaper The world.
Opposition repercussions and tension within the official block
From the opposition, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayusowas one of the first to pronounce after the arrest of Cerdán: “Corruption keeps Sanchez in power”He wrote in X, he added:“Before the Spaniards knew that it was cornered by the scandals: today the entire UN knows, gathered in Seville in the midst of this shame”
The National dome of the Popular Party (PP) celebrated the judicial measure, demanded the Pedro Sánchez resignation and asked for a electoral advance. However, they ruled out a motion of censure for the moment, since They do not have the necessary votes In Congress and fear that a failed initiative ends up strengthening the president.
In the middle of the crisis, Sanchez offered a Joint press conference with UN Secretary General at the summit that takes place in Sevillewhere he said: “Justice has done what it had to do, now it is time to settle Cerdán”
In parallel, Government allies in Congress The adoption of New transparency measures To contain the impact of the scandal. The Moncloa was already waiting for a complicated weekeither for new judicial decisions or for the possible filtration of compromising audios in the investigation carried out by the Civil Guard.
Therefore, the presentation of a Anti -corruption pack appears as an alternative for Decompress the pressure of parliamentary partnersincluding parties Catalans and Basquesconcerned about the infection effect that the case may have in their own districts.
The reaction of Can Nor was it wait. Your general secretary, Ione Belarrait was categorical in X: “It is terrible for the progressive people of this country to see how the PSOE has taken advantage of its confidence to put their hand in the box. “And he said:”The damage to democracy and the progressive majority is irreparable”
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Source: Ambito
