Santos Cerdán Stops Receiving Severance Compensation from Congress

The severance pay received by Santos Cerdán, former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE and former deputy, is part of a mechanism established by the Congress of Deputies to ensure an economic cushion for parliamentarians who leave their seat and do not have another job to return to immediately. This system seeks to compensate for the exclusive dedication to parliamentary work during their mandate, a period during which deputies are supposed to not engage in any other professional activity. The amount received by Cerdán, close to 19,000 euros, and the fact that a large part of this sum was collected during his period of incarceration, has generated controversy and public debate. The severance pay...