Overview
- Two separate events underscored the split in Madrid, with the regional ceremony at Puerta del Sol excluding national officials and the Government Delegate hosting an earlier gathering at the UNED’s Escuelas Pías.
- Ayuso used her Sol address to defend Madrid’s healthcare model and pledged that any malpractice at Hospital de Torrejón would be eradicated with force once facts are confirmed.
- The Health Ministry of the Community of Madrid has opened an investigation and sent officials to Torrejón after an audio attributed to Ribera Salud’s CEO allegedly urged treating fewer patients to boost profits.
- PP leaders called the Torrejón controversy a left-wing smokescreen to shield national Health Minister Mónica García, while Más Madrid sought a parliamentary inquiry and a referral to prosecutors and the PSOE pressed for explanations; Vox announced initiatives in the Assembly.
- At his parallel event, Delegate Francisco Martín accused the regional government of choking public universities and favoring dubious private ones, framing support for public services as constitutional defense alongside performances invoking memory and rights on the 50th year since Franco’s death.