José Félix Tezanos

José Félix Tezanos is the current president of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), a Spanish public research institute. He is in the news because the Partido Popular (PP), a major political party in Spain, has announced they are filing a lawsuit against him. The PP accuses Tezanos of possible electoral crimes, specifically manipulating CIS surveys to influence public opinion and potentially violate electoral laws (LOREG articles 69 and 145). They allege the CIS is being used to alter citizen's will, which they consider corruption. Furthermore, Tezanos's past involvement as a coordinator for Pedro Sánchez's 2017 primary campaign for the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) is highlighted in an article about the death of Manuel Escudero, linking him to the current government. This adds context to the PP's accusations, suggesting a potential bias in the CIS's polling data under his leadership.