The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard suspects that the former organization secretary of the PSOE Santos Cerdán handled cash money outside his bank accounts. However, it has not been able, or at least for now, to find those five million euros in kickbacks that Supreme Court magistrate Leopoldo Puente mentioned when he sent him to unconditional prison a year ago.

To be the leader of the PSOE, it is necessary to have the support of the membership in Andalusia and Catalonia. Due to their weight in members, they constitute the two key strongholds to control the party. As long as Salvador Illa holds the presidency of the Generalitat and has the absolute backing of the PSC, Sánchez will have that flank more than covered. But Andalusia has long been the most complicated and decisive territory in the party congresses. And that is where María Jesús Montero comes into play, the president of the Government’s go-to person.

When in June 2024 the Amnesty law came into effect, some jurists pointed out that certain judges would apply “delaying tactics” so that the promoters of the procés would not benefit before serving a large part of the disqualification imposed by the sentence, a…