Toledo buries its truce and the two major Spanish parties fall into discredit due to bribery. The Catalan press denounces that corruption is not a whim, it is structural.Breaking News, corruption, Policy, appmap, buried, Spain, eye, PP, PSOE, Toledo, truce, AFE PACKAGE, newsToledo buries its truce and the two major Spanish parties fall into discredit due to bribery. The Catalan press denounces that corruption is not a whim, it is...
The Toledo City Council has sealed the truce pact with the two maggioritarian formations, the PSOE and the Popular Party, leaving them in the mud for corruption crimes. The announcement comes a few weeks after the Chamber of Accounts of Catalonia published a report on suspicious expenses by deputies.
The diary The National, located in Barcelona, describes the scene as “a closed cycle”: the pact of silence between the institutions and the judicial cases continue to generate internal divisions within each party. The PP is cornered by the Maniá case, while the PSOE draws suspicions derived from the Brugaleta case.
Laura Villanueva, spokesperson for the PSOE municipal group in Toledo, has asked for public explanations about the hidden commissions linked to municipal contracts awarded to companies linked to former popular councilors. “We ask for transparency,” he told The Region.
The investigating judge in the Toledo case has admitted new proceedings this Monday, requesting documentation on invoices issued between 2019 and 2023. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has announced complaints for next February.
Manuel Garrido, former popular councilor for eleven years, has appeared before the judge and has confirmed the existence of illegal payments related to urban planning subcontractors. The magistrate has left the door open to an oral trial.
In parallel, the Chamber of Accounts of Catalonia released a municipal ranking two weeks ago where Toledo was third in elegant expenses in Andalusian cities. The experts consulted by The Region They attribute that figure to local construction companies and regional political lobbies.
María José Lores, professor of Political Science at the Complutense University, considers that “corruption always leaves its mark” because it alters the rules of the institutional game: “When a party tolerates systemic irregularities, it loses credibility in the long term.”
Judicial sources have confirmed that three former popular councilors appear as defendants pending testimony. The presumption of immunity remains until the hearing scheduled for March 2027. The Council of Ministers could intervene if the accusations against regional ministers indirectly involved are successful.
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