The PSOE of Andalusia has assured that several witnesses have identified a vehicle with the insignia of the City Council of Córdoba in relation to the placement of posters with the image of the socialist leader Isabel Ambrosio, a statement that is part of a complaint filed by the party before the Court of First Instance.
As reported by the Andalusian PSOE itself in a press release, the party's Secretary of Migrations, Isabel Ambrosio, has filed a complaint in which she incorporates that testimony and requests that the facts be investigated. The socialists maintain that this complaint is in addition to another filed on May 13 before the Zonal Electoral Board for the same posters.
Always according to the version conveyed by the party, the Zonal Electoral Board has sent that document to the Court of First Instance upon perceiving a possible electoral offense. Furthermore, the party recalled that it filed another complaint before the Electoral Board of Andalusia for the appearance of posters against the socialists in the provinces of Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, and Seville, requesting their referral to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
An electoral campaign under the supervision of the electoral administration
The context of this case is set in the midst of the campaign for the Andalusian elections, a period in which propaganda and electoral activity is subject to the supervision of the electoral boards, bodies responsible for ensuring compliance with electoral legislation.
The Organic Law on the General Electoral Regime (LOREG) contemplates infractions and possible criminal responsibilities in cases related to actions that may alter the guarantees of the electoral process, although any eventual responsibility requires judicial investigation and, where appropriate, resolution by the courts.
The eventual referral of facts by an electoral board to the judicial sphere does not in itself imply proof of a crime, but rather the opening of the corresponding channel to analyze whether there are indications that justify subsequent actions.