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A Spanish court on Tuesday ruled that civil servants unfairly allocated a public job to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s brother, heightening the existing tensions between the country’s judiciary and its head of government.
“The general interest, and not the particular interest of the future recipients of public employment positions, should govern their creation,” the judges overseeing the trial in the Badajoz Provincial Court wrote in their ruling, describing it as an “unethical practice.”
The court’s decision marks a new low in the prime minister’s contentious relationship with the judiciary. Sánchez has for years alleged that he and his family are victims of “lawfare” — questionable legal proceedings that aim to harass and discredit political opponents — and accused conservative judges of “involving themselves in politics [and] doing immense damage to the justice system.”
The charges stem from David Sánchez’s 2017 appointment as coordinator of music conservatories in Badajoz, Extremadura.
