Montse Mínguez, Socialist spokesperson, and her business degree at 18

Montse Mínguez: the new Socialist spokesperson with a business degree at 18

Earning a degree at 18 is possible. Having it listed in an official biography with no one explaining how it fits the academic calendar is another matter. The new Socialist spokesperson, Montse Mínguez, has landed in the spotlight with a résumé that raises more questions than it answers.

On the PSOE (Spain's Socialist Party) executive committee page, her profile states that she studied Business Administration. So far, so normal. The problem lies in the date: one reading points to 1995, another to 1999. If the figure is the start year, the story changes: there is no record that she ever finished the degree. And if it is the completion year, someone would have to explain how she graduated at 18 with a program that takes several years.

Some analyses prefer to be generous and attribute it to a simple copy error on the website: a "-2000" or something similar would be missing. Others point out that this is not the first controversial profile to come out of Socialist ranks. The teaching activity attributed to her is no endorsement either, because, as recent events have shown, that guarantees nothing.

Meanwhile, only one press reference is circulating, from Vozpópuli, which describes her as an "exceptionally bright mind." That hardly seems enough to dispel the doubts.

The puzzling detail: neither the official page nor its copies clarify whether the figure is the start or completion year. With that ambiguity, the party that wants to project calm has not started off on the right foot. The ball is now in the executive committee's court, and it has yet to say a word.