Overview

• Judge Leopoldo Puente ordered pretrial detention for former PSOE organization secretary Santos Cerdán on charges of criminal association, bribery and influence peddling
• Guardia Civil UCO transcripts exposed misogynistic language and routine hiring of prostitutes by senior party figures, fueling demands for gender reforms
• Pedro Sánchez named Rebeca Torró as PSOE secretary of Organization with deputies Anabel Mateo Sánchez, Francisco J. Salazar Rodríguez and Borja Cabezón
• Sánchez replaced spokesperson Esther Peña with Montse Mínguez and added Enma López as adjunct spokesperson to distance the leadership from the scandal
• The PSOE will convene a closed-door women’s meeting at Ferraz today to shape equality measures before Saturday’s committee ratification