Overview

• The regional cabinet filed a criminal lawsuit against PSOE spokeswoman Reyes Maroto after she refused to retract her March assertion about mass ‘assassinations’ in pandemic-era care homes
• In the conciliation hearing, Maroto’s submission of a prior public apology was rejected, allowing formal court proceedings to proceed
• Madrid’s government says the legal action seeks to defend healthcare professionals who managed care homes during the pandemic
• Podemos leader Ione Belarra must attend a conciliation act on June 26 over her accusations of ‘homicidal’ and ‘criminal’ management, with similar legal action set to follow if she does not retract her statements
• President Isabel Díaz Ayuso has proposed a Senate commission of inquiry into care home oversight across Spain as part of broader probes into alleged denials of medical care