Although Manos Limpias was party to the initial process , but as the case focussed on wayward politicians they brought an action against Garzón for investigating Francoist atrocities , which caused delay and confusion for Gürtel as Garzón was suspended for three years pending his eventual acquittal in February 2012 , whereupon he was charged and convicted of a completely different crime connected to Gürtel : that of ordering the interception of communications between powerful construction company directors accused of bribing high officials and their lawyers , who were suspected of money laundering . His suspension is pending appeal at the European Court of Human Rights which have previously annulled a similar conviction On 1 June , Prime Minister Rajoy was ousted by a vote of no confidence after the verdict of the court
vote of no confidence
2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
Corruption in Spain