Overview
- Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE filed an appeal Tuesday against Judge María Dolores Baeza’s decision last week to provisionally archive the investigation into alleged public injurias.
- The appeal asks the court to revoke the closure and resume inquiries into whether the banner campaign exceeded permissible political criticism.
- Sánchez’s filing describes the message as denigration and false criminal imputations that harm his honor and the institution he leads.
- Hazte Oír installed the giant banner on May 19, 2025 facing the Congress of Deputies with Sánchez’s photo next to the word “corrupto” and references to several purported “cases.”
- Judge Baeza had deemed the display protected political criticism, while the PSOE cites a broader, ongoing campaign and a prior order to remove the banner as reasons to continue the case.