Overview
- A Madrid gender‑violence court inadmitted Hazte Oír’s querella against Francisco ‘Paco’ Salazar and refused to open a criminal investigation.
- The magistrate adopted the Fiscalía’s position that indications drawn from media coverage lack sufficient evidentiary basis to initiate proceedings.
- Allegations against Antonio Hernández Espinal and Francisco Martín Aguirre were also rejected because they were deemed connected to the inadmitted primary claim.
- The ruling says Hazte Oír lacks standing to pursue popular action in the absence of complaints from identified victims.
- Salazar left Moncloa and the PSOE in July after internal party complaints; a PSOE inquiry labeled his conduct a very serious fault, and the party did not refer the matter to prosecutors.