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Spain’s Prime Minister Asks Nation for Forgiveness After High Court Investigates a Close Confidant
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez requested forgiveness after Santos Cerdan was implicated in a corruption scandal involving over €600,000 in illegal commissions during the pandemic.
- Sanchez confirmed he requested Cerdan's resignation from party leadership and from parliament shortly before the press conference.
- Sanchez announced an external audit of the Socialist Party's accounts and a restructuring of its organizational body.
- Despite opposition calls for his resignation, Sanchez stated that the government would remain in power and expressed disappointment in Cerdan's involvement.
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A confidant of the Spanish Prime Minister is involved in a corruption scandal, about hundreds of thousands of euros of bribes.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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A confidant of the left-wing Prime Minister Sánchez had to resign, but the affair is not over. The Spanish head of government is becoming more and more distressed.
·Vienna, Austria
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'We should not have trusted him, unfortunately, there is no zero corruption in this world,' Sanchez said.
·Madrid, Spain
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