Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (pictured) on Thursday denied allegations he plagiarised his doctoral thesis as he battles a raft of problems in a week that has seen him lose his health minister over similar reports of academic irregularities.
“The information appearing in certain media claiming the existence of plagiarism in my doctoral thesis is absolutely FALSE,” Socialist Sanchez tweeted just two days after Carmen Monton quit as health minister amid reports of irregularities in how she obtained her degree.
Spanish media said Monton had been awarded grades without attending classes and that her final project contained plagiarised passages — charges she denied.
“I shall take legal action to defend my honour and dignity if what has been published is not rectified,” Sanchez said, referring to a front-page story by conservative daily ABC saying Sanchez used “cut and paste” to produce his doctoral dissertation. — AFP
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