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Spanish Supreme Court Weighs Appeal to Release Ex-PSOE Organizer Santos Cerdán

The panel will rule on whether evidence-tampering concerns justify his continued detention under Spain’s strict anticorruption rules.

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Overview

  • On July 22 a Supreme Court appeals chamber held a closed-door hearing to review Santos Cerdán’s request to lift his preventive detention.
  • Cerdán’s defense argues that his imprisonment relies on an improper “presumption of indecency” and lacks concrete proof of wrongdoing.
  • Anticorruption Prosecutor Alejandro Luzón and the PP’s popular accusation maintain that Cerdán led a public-works kickback scheme and poses a risk of destroying evidence or fleeing.
  • Cerdán remains the only high-ranking suspect in the Koldo case held in custody after Judge Leopoldo Puente released co-defendants including ex-minister José Luis Ábalos.
  • The court’s upcoming ruling will set a precedent on balancing the urgency of anticorruption efforts with the legal presumption of innocence for political figures.