Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told Parliament he will remain in office and instead launch an aggressive clean-up effort after a widening graft scandal engulfed two of his closest lieutenants. “No voy a tirar la toalla,” he said, confirming that he had weighed resignation and an early election but concluded that stepping down was “never an option.” The storm erupted when Santos Cerdán, the Socialist Party’s organisational chief, was jailed last week over alleged kickbacks tied to public-works contracts—an investigation that had already implicated former transport minister José Luis Ábalos. Both men were instrumental in Sánchez’s rise, intensifying pressure on the premier to accept political responsibility. In response, Sánchez unveiled a 15-point anti-corruption programme drafted with the OECD. It creates an independent Agency for Public Integrity, deploys artificial-intelligence tools to flag suspicious procurement patterns, toughens criminal penalties, doubles statute-of-limitations periods and establishes blacklists barring convicted companies from state contracts. Implementing the package will require amending 14 existing laws and passing four new bills, according to Economy daily El Economista. Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo branded the ruling Socialists an “organised criminal group” and renewed calls for snap elections, while coalition partner Sumar and nationalist allies ERC, PNV and Junts withheld outright support but stopped short of withdrawing it. Their conditional backing gives Sánchez a reprieve, yet further revelations could still threaten the survival of his minority government.