Overview
- José Félix Tezanos testified Tuesday before a Senate commission examining his leadership of Spain’s public polling agency.
- He said the CIS receives no instructions from the prime minister’s office, described himself as independent when producing data, and denied any dependence on the PSOE.
- Tezanos argued the barometers are the closest to actual election results and asserted they have “always hit the mark,” framing the criticisms as political.
- The inquiry was initiated by the PP after the November CIS barometer showed the PSOE at 32.6% and the PP at 22.4%, figures the PP alleges were prefabricated.
- Questioning from PP and Vox was combative, Vox senator Paloma Gómez demanded his resignation, and Tezanos decried the process as inquisitorial as the commission proceeds without findings.