Overview

• The Fiscalía Superior de Extremadura proposed dismissing charges against David Sánchez and Badajoz provincial president Miguel Ángel Gallardo for alleged prevarication and influence peddling.
• Prosecutors found no evidence that Gallardo’s expedited parliamentary immunity involved fraud of law or procedural abuse, deeming the timing irrelevant.
• The office ruled that the contested senior position was legitimately created and that Gallardo did not coordinate with others to award it to Sánchez’s brother.
• It urged that all accused be jointly tried by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Extremadura to avoid conflicting rulings, with the Audiencia Provincial de Badajoz still reviewing appeals.
• The recommendation has heightened a political standoff, with the PP demanding Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s resignation and the European Commission scrutinizing Spain’s amnesty law.