Overview
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez testified before the Senate’s Koldo inquiry in a session exceeding five hours, becoming the first sitting leader to be called on alleged corruption matters.
- He branded the hearing a “circus” and accused PP and Vox of converting the chamber into a partisan “mud machine,” charging institutional misuse by the Senate majority.
- He deflected key lines of attack by invoking his right not to answer certain questions and acknowledged past cash reimbursements for expenses as lawful practice.
- PP senators, with commission president Eloy Suárez and interrogator Alejo Miranda driving the questioning, focused on Ábalos, Koldo and Cerdán, and even proposed a face-off including businessman Víctor de Aldama.
- PNV and BNG refused to participate and Junts kept an intermediate posture, while post-session assessments said the spectacle clarified little as court proceedings continue separately.