Overview
- A Valencia judge issued an order dated June 18 converting the inquiry into a procedimiento abreviado, saying there are “serious indications” of calumnies and giving the parties ten days to respond.
- The dispute began after the July 6, 2025 vandal attack on the PSPV Valencia office, when Vicent Mascarell publicly named the PP as the “intellectual author” of the incident.
- Hours after Mascarell's accusation, the group Juventud Combativa, linked to Frente Obrero, published a claim taking responsibility for the attack.
- The provincial PP filed a criminal complaint in December 2025 and sought conciliation, which Mascarell did not attend; the pre‑trial step now moves the case closer to an oral trial that could determine guilt or dismissal.
- Mascarell is the PSPV secretary of organization and a close ally of minister Diana Morant, making the case politically charged and likely to shape how courts balance robust partisan speech against proofs of intent to defame.