Overview
- The Cortes approved the reprobation of Juan Carlos Suárez-Quiñones by 36–33 with 11 abstentions, after Vox abstained and the rest of the opposition voted in favor.
- The PSOE-led motion urged his dismissal for a lack of planning in tackling the July–August fires, while the PP defended his record and denounced a political “cacería.”
- The chamber’s censure is a first for a regional minister in Castilla y León, yet the measure carries no legal force and does not compel his removal.
- The vote follows a summer in which fires burned more than 140,000 hectares and caused four deaths, fueling complaints about insufficient resources and frontline conditions.
- Vox called the reprobation useless and pointed to its legal complaints filed in a León court and the Supreme Court, and it opposed setting up a commission of inquiry.