Overview

• The Audiencia Provincial de Badajoz ordered an oral trial for David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón on alleged prevarication and influence peddling tied to a conservatory coordinator post.
• He will be tried alongside Extremadura PSOE leader Miguel Ángel Gallardo and a former Moncloa adviser, with the court endorsing the investigating judge’s move to proceed.
• Judicial findings and Guardia Civil UCO reports cited in the case point to a publicly funded position allegedly crafted ad hoc for Sánchez.
• In Extremadura, PP and Vox demanded Gallardo’s resignation from the Assembly and party leadership, while the PSOE affirmed confidence in his integrity and Unidas por Extremadura urged that responsibilities be decided in court and acted on promptly after a ruling.
• National PP leaders Miguel Tellado, Cuca Gamarra and Ester Muñoz framed the decision as proof of corruption and claimed such a case would topple other governments, and Madrid president Isabel Díaz Ayuso criticized what she described as institutional shielding.