Spanish security forces raided the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of a corruption investigation

The Supreme Court in Madrid announced the implementation of a large-scale security operation targeting the headquarters of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, with the aim of obtaining sensitive documents as part of ongoing criminal investigations. The security operation included searches of the homes and offices of a number of former high-ranking officials of the Socialist Party, who were asked to provide specific documents and exhibits. The television network RTVE described The government considers this process as a “political earthquake” that shakes the pillars of power. This step falls within the framework of the ongoing investigations against the former official of the Socialist Party Santos Cerdan and other officials, on charges of corruption, influence peddling and granting suspicious government contracts in exchange for money. Serdan had resigned from his party posts when the scandal broke last June. Sanchez's leftist government faces a storm of corruption scandals Former Transport Minister José Luis Appalos and his former adviser, Caldo García, are in pre-trial detention on corruption charges related to mask deals during the Corona pandemic. Sanchez categorically rejected the calls of the conservative opposition to hold early elections, stressing that the issue of Serdan is old, but pledged to act decisively in the event of new issues. Opposition leader Alberto Núñez-Vejo accused the government of “systemic corruption.” Investigations to include Sanchez's personal circle, where his wife Begonia Gomez and brother David Sanchez are under investigation for separate corruption cases. Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who is close to Sanchez, is also facing investigations into suspicious government funding of an airline.