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PSOE Crisis Deepens After Ex-Secretary Santos Cerdán Is Jailed Without Bail

The detention has prompted coalition partners to demand answers ahead of a confidence vote in Congress on July 9.

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El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, ha mantenido este lunes un encuentro con el secretario general de Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, con motivo de la IV Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo de Naciones Unidas, en el Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla (Fibes). EFE/Moncloa/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / SOLO USO EDITORIAL/SOLO DISPONIBLE PARA ILUSTRAR LA NOTICIA QUE ACOMPAÑA (CRÉDITO OBLIGATORIO). SOLO USO EDITORIAL/SOLO DISPONIBLE PARA ILUSTRAR LA NOTICIA QUE ACOMPAÑA (CRÉDITO OBLIGATORIO)

Overview

  • Judge Leopoldo Puente ordered provisional detention without bail for former PSOE organization secretary Santos Cerdán, leading to his transfer to Soto del Real under standard intake measures.
  • ERC, Sumar, Podemos and Junts have demanded explanations from the government and warned their parliamentary support could be at risk.
  • The government reduced its public presence at the Seville development finance conference after the scandal broke into its agenda.
  • Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to appear in Congress on July 9 for a monographic session widely framed as a confidence vote on his leadership.
  • PSOE leaders have called a Federal Committee meeting for Saturday to debate deep structural reforms after admitting internal controls failed.