The Socialist candidacy in Extremadura led by Miguel Ángel Gallardo failed to comply with the Socialist Workers Party’s code of ethics. The presidential candidate, who last night received the support of Pedro Sanchez at the start of his first regional campaign as party leader in the region, should have asked … Voluntary discharge when he was tried for corruption. If not, as determined by the internal regulations, the Federal Executive Committee I had an obligation to stop itThis is something that the Sanchez administration did not do either.
Gallardo has been under investigation for a few months for his alleged crimes Evasiveness and influence peddling To appoint Pedro Sanchez’s brother to the Badajoz Provincial Council. The leader of the Socialists in Extremadura forced five people who appeared before him on regional lists to resign and is now awaiting the oral trial scheduled to begin on May 28 in the Badajoz court. In this proceeding, David Sánchez Pérez Castejon, who will sit with the socialist leader in the dock in the second quarter of 2026, is also being investigated.
The Socialist Code of Ethics states at point 5.9 that “In the event that an order is issued to open the oral trial“He must request voluntary withdrawal as a member and resign from his position,” something Gallardo did not do. In this case, if the affected person did not voluntarily relinquish the responsibility to which he was elected, including the responsibility to appear on a socialist list, the Federal Executive Committee should have temporarily suspended him from the struggle and, where appropriate, “when following the procedure for crimes of bribery, peddling, embezzlement, gender violence, crimes of harassment or discrimination, against sexual freedom and compensation, against torture or against moral integrity.”
Opinion polls indicate that Gallardo will lose four seats compared to the last elections
Only “when following the procedure for any other offense, prior to voluntary discharge and resignation, may the Federal Commission on Ethics and Safeguards be asked, in light of the nature of the specific circumstances of the case, to authorize the retention of office until the judicial proceeding is resolved.” An exception does not apply to the case of Miguel Ángel Gallardo, since the crimes for which he is being investigated are part of those crimes. Means immediate suspension of your membership status.
The Socialist Regulatory Compliance Document also states that “any candidate or public employee of the Socialist Workers Party must, before agreeing to exercise any responsibility, Signing the Socialist Commitmentwhereby he declares that he has not committed any crime related to corruption, sexual violence, crimes of harassment, discrimination, against sexual freedom and compensation, against torture or against moral integrity, as well as the commission of acts that constitute serious crimes, as well as knowledge and subscription to this Code of Ethics and Conduct. In the case of the PSOE candidate in Extremadura, the circumstances show that he will have to sign the said document again when he takes over as his running mate, a few weeks before sitting before the judge.
Delaying the start of the trial, initially scheduled for the first half of February, at the request of the parties’ lawyers, opens the door for Gallardo to avoid trial in the court of Badajoz, as ABC submitted on Thursday. Once he is elected to the ballot box, he will once again gain his status as a qualified person without the trick he used before, which was distorted by the courts, so that his defense can maneuver Extension of deadlines He requests that the Supreme Court of Justice of Extremadura be responsible for prosecuting him and Pedro Sánchez’s brother.
TSJEx declared itself unqualified to handle the case of the Secretary General of the PSOE in Extremaduran, and left the case in the Investigative Court No. 3 of Badajoz, which after concluding the investigation proposed to try both in the Court of Badajoz. The regional court has always understood this Gallardo always acts outside the law, For the sole purpose of achieving a judicial benefit that he would not have been able to achieve had he not been a regional representative.
With half a match against
The election of Miguel Ángel Gallardo as the Socialist Workers Party’s candidate for the presidency of Extremadura has strong opposition within the party itself. There are many voices that consider the former president of the Badajoz Provincial Council and former mayor of Villanueva de la Serena, who won the primary elections with 61.78% of support, in a process that led to the division of the organization, It shouldn’t be on lists Electoral, let alone number one.
The immediate election call, despite warnings from the regional president, Maria Guardiola, that she would dissolve the regional parliament if she was unable to approve regional budgets, Leaving the Socialist Party without a margin To study an alternative nomination to the nomination of the accused Gallardo. In some PSOE circles in Extremadura and Veraz, the name of the current Minister of Economy, Carlos Budde, who is from Extremadura, has been put forward even though he is not affiliated.
Proud to be nominated
Yesterday, during the launch of the election campaign. Gallardo was proud of the nomination Which comes before December 21st. The accused politician, along with Pedro Sanchez, declared, “We understand the suffering you had to go through because we see it and we live it.” According to the Secretary General of the PSOE in Extremadura, “We are here until justice prevails.”
The deceased’s replacement, Guillermo Fernández Vara, used his intervention to evaluate his party’s legacy in this community. He did this by saying:We proudly wave the PSOE flag “With Extremadura because this land cannot be understood without the Spanish Socialist Workers Party.” On the other hand, he pointed out that “the People’s Party cannot display its party flag next to the flag of Extremadura because they have not built anything.”