Judge Peinado's Error Dismisses 72,600-Euro Ok Diario EMT Contract Case; Más Madrid Seeks Sanctions, Podemos Appeals

A procedural error by Judge Peinado has led to the dismissal of a case involving alleged prevarication linked to a senior official in the Madrid City Council under Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida. The case concerned a contract worth 72,600 euros awarded without a competitive process to the publisher of Ok Diario. The investigation was closed after Peinado extended the case beyond the legal deadline, prompting the judge to archive the proceedings. The political group Más Madrid has requested that the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) sanction Judge Peinado for negligence in handling the case. Meanwhile, the political party Podemos has announced plans to appeal the dismissal related to the contract awarded by the Madrid Municipal Transport Company (EMT) to Ok Diario's publisher.