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PSOE Faces Backlash Over Slow Response to Leire Díez Favour-Peddling Scandal

Delayed measures by Ferraz have weakened the party’s credibility ahead of the Conference of Presidents

Overview

  • The PSOE opened an investigative file against Leire Díez on May 28 without imposing precautionary measures, prompting criticism that the party acted too slowly to discipline its militant.
  • Antonio Maíllo of IU said the PSOE should have suspended Díez’s membership immediately and blamed Ferraz’s response for deepening the reputational damage.
  • Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has labeled the government a “mafia” and plans a Madrid protest on June 8 calling for Prime Minister Sánchez’s resignation.
  • Madrid’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has accused the national government of institutional disloyalty as tensions rise before the June 6 Conference of Presidents.
  • Madrid’s fiscal chief has asked the Supreme Court to include all correspondence between Alberto González Amador’s lawyers and the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the ongoing probe.