Spain’s health minister resigns over controversial master’s degree

Related Articles

• Powerful storm hits weather-ravaged Japan 0 29.Jul
• Dutch Bridge under repairs 0 21.Jul
• Inaugural water of Kalu Ganga project to be issued 0 17.Jul

Spanish Health Minister Carmen Monton resigned from her position after reports of irregularities in how she obtained a master’s degree from a Madrid university.Monton, who entered government with the Socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in June, said she had not committed any irregularities.

This is the second time a minister has handed Sanchez their resignation since he took power after toppling his predecessor through a confidence vote over a long-running corruption scandal.