Overview

• Spain’s Congress reproved Equality Minister Ana Redondo and urged her dismissal over the handling of the Cometa tracking system, passing a nonbinding motion 170–162 with 16 abstentions.
• The government’s gender‑violence delegate, Carmen Martínez Perza, apologized to victims for the alarm, told lawmakers the system remained operational and safe, and rejected claims of widespread case dismissals while conceding she lacked precise totals.
• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended the bracelets as functioning better than before and acknowledged technical incidents during data migration, asserting victims were not left unprotected.
• The Córdoba prosecutor confirmed a platform failure that erased monitoring records for about 50 women from mid‑2023 to early 2024, as prosecutors continue case reviews, and fresh reports describe an alleged non‑alert incident in Vitoria.
• The Community of Madrid called an extraordinary observatory meeting to seek information and an independent audit, Murcia’s president estimated 200 women could have faced risk, and legal and policing voices flagged recurrent device issues and overstretched protection units.