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Politics · PSOEPress ✓ 5 outlets · detail of the flats not clarified

Montse Mínguez, PSOE spokeswoman, resigns after the controversy over her partner’s flats

The party leader stepped down on Friday afternoon; Pedro Sánchez, speaking from Brussels, said she “was broken” and that politics “sometimes mistreats good people.”

PSOE spokeswoman Montse Mínguez tendered her resignation on Friday afternoon, after several days of controversy over her partner’s property holdings. The news, published from 18:00 mainland time by ABC, Europa Press, Expansión and El País, set the figure that has fuelled the debate: about 30 flats, according to Expansión’s account. None of the outlets consulted gives, for now, a detailed official explanation of how those homes were acquired, and the amounts should be treated with caution until there are documents or a version from the person concerned.

The prime minister reacted at a press conference in Brussels, where he is attending the European summit. According to El País and Google News, Sánchez regretted her departure and said that Mínguez “was broken.” He added a phrase that is already circulating as a headline: “Politics sometimes mistreats good people.” With that formula, the head of the Executive and Socialist secretary general neither questions the decision nor engages with the substance of the reports, but presents it as the personal wear and tear of a party leader who had taken on the party’s public voice.

The episode comes at a moment of strong political tension. That same day, Gabriel Rufián, ERC’s lead candidate for Barcelona, apologized for not having achieved a single joint left-wing candidacy (“I have failed”), while Sumar denounced a lack of dialogue with Podemos and pushed an agreement further away, according to Europa Press and El Mundo. The deadline to submit candidacies ended this Friday, so the PSOE loses its spokeswoman just when the space to its left looks fragmented.

What remains to be known: who will take over as spokesperson, whether the party or the leader will give further explanations about the properties, and whether the controversy will have a judicial path or only a political one. Today there is no record of any complaint against the former spokeswoman in the sources reviewed. What is confirmed is the resignation, the approximate time and Sánchez’s statements; the rest, including the number of flats, depends on a single outlet and should be read as unconfirmed.

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~30flats owned by her partner, according to Expansión (a single outlet)
18:00approximate time of the resignation (mainland)
1resignation as PSOE spokesperson
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spokespersonPolitics

A person who speaks on behalf of a party or a government to the press.

Madrid · TransportPress ✓ 4 outlets · the health scope is cited only by the technical report

Ayuso closes Sol station after nearly three weeks of protest camp

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced on Friday the closure of the Sol Metro station over the “unsanitary conditions” she attributes to the protest camp that has been set up there for almost three weeks. 20minutos, El Confidencial, Europa Press and El País reported it. Ayuso added that the closure will be used to carry out cleaning and repair work; the camp, which she calls illegal, remains the origin of the dispute. ABC and Google News also circulated a technical report that speaks of “toxic gases” and “risk of viruses” from the accumulation of urine, excrement and organic waste. This is the official justification and should be attributed as such: the document comes from the administration that decreed the closure, and there is no independent verification. Whoever questions it can argue that the closure has a political effect on the protest; whoever defends it, that the state of the premises requires action. Today neither reading is proven.

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Security · CeutaPress ✓ 4 outlets · authorship of the entry not attributed

The CNI maintains that Morocco knew about the mass entry into Ceuta

The National Intelligence Centre (CNI) states, in a report submitted to the National Court, that the Moroccan authorities were “fully aware” and “absolutely cognizant” of the mass irregular entry into Ceuta. El Mundo had access to the text and El País summarizes it in similar terms: the secret service blames Rabat for passivity, but does not attribute to it the authorship of the surge. The difference matters: knowing and not preventing is not the same as causing.

Judge Tardón gave the Police three days to hand over “all the alerts, reports, communiqués, service orders” and emails about what happened, according to El Mundo and El Confidencial. On the political front, Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) called Morocco’s conduct “beyond what is acceptable” and demanded a “calm and firm” response, including deploying the Navy, according to the day’s news ranking. The Government had not yet set out its position in the sources reviewed.

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3days given to the Police, according to the judge
Justice · Political rightsPress ✓ 4 outlets · Constitutional Court timetable not announced

The Ombudsman takes the suspension of the vote under the grandchildren law to the Constitutional Court

The Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, filed an amparo appeal with the Constitutional Court to lift the suspension of the right to vote of those who acquired Spanish nationality under the so-called grandchildren law. El Mundo, El País, El Confidencial and 20minutos reported it. The institution explains that it is acting “after receiving several requests” from individuals and organizations, and has asked the court for interim measures.

The Supreme Court is handling a separate case: the party Iustitia Europa asked for two associations to be removed for lack of standing, according to ABC. El País also tells the story of Juan Manuel Martínez Chas, grandson of Galicians who emigrated to Argentina, who maintains that his relatives fled “with the clothes on their backs.” There is no date for the Constitutional Court to rule.

Context: the suspension affects those who acquired nationality this way and could not yet exercise the right to vote. For the Ombudsman, the measure demands an urgent review because the general election is near. Critics reply that the standing of some of the associations involved is doubtful, as Iustitia Europa argues. It remains to be seen whether the Constitutional Court admits the appeal for consideration and whether it grants the interim measures requested.

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Society · Justice and sportPress ✓ 3 outlets per matter · court matters with no verdict

Courts and controversies: Algeciras, Begoña Gómez, Tebas and Real Madrid

The mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce, has been summoned as a formal suspect for sexual assault on October 23, according to El País, Google News and Europa Press. After a first complaint to the Supreme Court, another woman filed a new one. The Madrid Provincial Court, for its part, ordered an investigation of Vito Quiles for possible coercion of Begoña Gómez, overturning the dismissal by a court in Majadahonda. Being a formal suspect is not the same as being convicted.

In football, Real Madrid demanded the immediate resignation of LaLiga president Javier Tebas for comparing the club to the methods of Nazi Germany, according to ABC, El Mundo and La Vanguardia. Meanwhile, the Mossos are investigating the shooting death of a man in a tattoo studio in Badalona, while the IBEX 35 closed on Friday at 19,326.3 points (+0.77%) and the S&P 500 at 7,659.44 (−1.09%), according to the closing-prices table.

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Unverified — what we could not confirm

“Morocco organized the mass entry into Ceuta.” The CNI report, according to El Mundo and El País, says Rabat knew and was passive, but does not attribute the authorship to it.
“Closing Sol is a pretext to clear the protest.” Ayuso cites unsanitary conditions and ABC cites a technical report; there is no independent verification of either version.
“Mínguez had 30 flats.” Expansión speaks of 30 flats owned by her partner, not by her; it is a figure from a single outlet, with no official explanation.
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INSIDEMontse Mínguez, PSOE spokeswoman, resigns after the controversy over her partner’s flatsPolitics · PSOEAyuso closes Sol station after nearly three weeks of protest campMadrid · TransportThe CNI maintains that Morocco knew about the mass entry into CeutaSecurity · CeutaThe Ombudsman takes the suspension of the vote under the grandchildren law to the Constitutional CourtJustice · Political rightsCourts and controversies: Algeciras, Begoña Gómez, Tebas and Real MadridSociety · Justice and sport