Overview
- Carlos Mazón, acting president after resigning on November 3, appears this afternoon before Les Corts’ dana commission as the first political official to testify.
- The session is set in a small committee room where the few guest seats are reserved for senior officials and advisers, leaving victims to follow from an overflow space many consider unacceptable.
- El País reports Mazón stayed at lunch with journalist Maribel Vilaplana until at least 18:45 on October 29, 2024, after Interior had warned him at 17:37 of the situation’s extreme gravity.
- Opposition parties press him to provide the restaurant invoice and official call records, while government delegate Pilar Bernabé urges him to give a statement to the Catarroja court and questions his credibility.
- His testimony comes as PP and Vox hold closed‑door talks on his replacement with a November 19 deadline, and civic groups plan protests outside the regional parliament calling for truth and justice.