David Sánchez Gets 9-Year Public Office Ban Over Tailor-Made 2016 Job
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Updated · The Local Spain · Jul 14
David Sánchez Gets 9-Year Public Office Ban Over Tailor-Made 2016 Job
3 articles · Updated · The Local Spain · Jul 14
Summary
A Badajoz court convicted David Sánchez of administrative misconduct and barred him for nine years from public office and voting rights, while acquitting him of influence peddling that could have brought prison time.
The ruling said he acted as a necessary accomplice in the unlawful creation of a music conservatories coordinator post that was neither necessary nor urgent and served his private interest, not the public.
Prosecutors said the job was created in 2016 under the Socialist-run Badajoz provincial council, before Pedro Sánchez became prime minister in 2018, and David Sánchez stayed in the role until at least early 2025.
The case deepens pressure on Pedro Sánchez's minority coalition as corruption probes widen around his circle, after former aide José Luis Ábalos was sentenced to 24 years and his wife Begoña Gómez remains under investigation.