Overview
- The Junta Electoral Central opened a formal expediente sancionador on Thursday, Oct. 15, against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for remarks he made after a Council of Ministers meeting.
- The JEC says Sánchez made 'value‑laden' statements that breach article 50.2 of the Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General, and it has told the government to stop making similar institutional appeals.
- The sanction file cites specific phrases from Sánchez’s speeches, such as calls for a 'mayoría más rotunda' and criticism that 'cayeron las caretas de los grupos parlamentarios', and asked Moncloa to remove his Oct. 5 institutional declaration from official channels.
- If the JEC finds a violation, Sánchez faces a fine of up to €3,000 under LOREG and can respond through the formal administrative process that the board has opened.
- The move follows complaints from the PP and Se Acabó La Fiesta after Sánchez’s Oct. 6 press comments and continues a pattern of electoral enforcement against the government that has produced prior fines and two penalties confirmed by the Supreme Court, a dynamic that could further constrain official communications in the run‑up to the election.