43 Socialists under investigation: Spain's PSOE now tops its 121 seats
43 people linked to Spain's PSOE face criminal charges: Sánchez's wife, the SEPI, the Civil Guard and more. The figure could reach 135, more than the party's seats.
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Spain's PSOE now has 43 people under investigation in corruption cases
The list of people under investigation with links to the PSOE keeps growing. The latest name added to the judicial roster is Begoña Gómez, vvife of the Spanish prime minister. With her, 43 people are now being probed in open cases, according to tallies circulating in political circles. But some claim the real figure is far higher: 135 under investigation, more than the 121 seats the PSOE holds in Congress. The comparison is striking. Cases such as the ERE scandal in Andalusia, the alleged corruption at the SEPI (the state industrial holding company), the Civil Guard itself under investigation, and the party's two former secretaries-general already convicted make up a record few parties in Europe can match. Meanwhile, the summer passes on café terraces and in optimistic statements, as if the pile-up of cases had nothing to do with them. The unsettling figure: if the alternative tally is right, there are more people under investigation than seats in Parliament. Nothing more needs to be said.
The list of people under investigation with links to the PSOE keeps growing. The latest name added to the judicial roster is Begoña Gómez, vvife of the Spanish prime minister. With her, 43 people are now being probed in open cases, according to tallies circulating in political circles. But some claim the real figure is far higher: 135 under investigation, more than the 121 seats the PSOE holds in Congress. The comparison is striking. Cases such as the ERE scandal in Andalusia, the alleged corruption at the SEPI (the state industrial holding company), the Civil Guard itself under investigation, and the party's two former secretaries-general already convicted make up a record few parties in Europe can match. Meanwhile, the summer passes on café terraces and in optimistic statements, as if the pile-up of cases had nothing to do with them. The unsettling figure: if the alternative tally is right, there are more people under investigation than seats in Parliament. Nothing more needs to be said.
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