Alvise Pérez, an agitator cornered by legal cases

Luis Pérez Fernández, a Sevillian born in 1990, tried from a young age to gain a foothold in political parties that sought to end the two-party system, such as UPyD and Ciudadanos. All his attempts failed until he created his own persona: Alvise Pérez. He discovered that the way to rise to political stardom was to make himself known, and to do so, he had to be an outsider , a populist, an agitator. All he needed was a platform: social media and a Telegram account, which he fed with information of dubious origins in front of his nearly one million subscribers. Politically, his strategy has worked. He managed to sneak into the European Parliament—with three seats—with "The Party's Over," without even an electoral platform. But now, at least in court, his disinformation campaigns are taking their toll.

The latest episode occurred a few days ago with the other two MEPs in his group, whom he has insinuated received bribes from arms companies for voting in favor of European rearmament, a position he does not share. Pérez has used his platforms to fuel these suspicions among his followers. This could be a new complaint added to his file if these two politicians ultimately decide to take legal action against him.

It would be the last in his collection. He currently has three convictions: one, a fine of 5,000 euros for publishing false information about former Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena; another, a fine of 6,000 euros for former minister José Luis Ábalos; and another, a fine of 7,000 euros for publishing photos of her that were not newsworthy.

The politician has three convictions, two open criminal cases in the Supreme Court and multiple complaints.

Harassment campaigns, publication of unverified information, illegitimate photographs, and inflammatory messages to rally his followers, his squirrels , who see him as a brave politician fighting against the established system.

The courts are reviewing these excesses, which are provided for in both the Civil Code and the Penal Code, through judicial proceedings.

Pérez knows how to circumvent the judicial system to delay and prolong legal proceedings as much as possible, for example, by avoiding notification of court rulings so he doesn't have to appear for subpoenas.

Despite this, he has been unable to prevent the Supreme Court from opening two legal proceedings against him for alleged crimes of illegal party financing, fraud, misappropriation of funds, money laundering, and falsification of documents, for receiving money to finance his campaign outside the control of the Court of Auditors, which is mandatory for all parties. Despite the alleged commission of all these crimes, his supporters applaud his actions in this manner and view it all as a kind of judicial and political plot against him.

The High Court is also investigating him for spreading a fake COVID test for Catalan President Salvador Illa. There are multiple complaints against him. Some are being referred to the High Court, which now has jurisdiction to investigate him, given his status as a Member of the European Parliament.

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However, everything requires a process, and the courts cannot directly refer cases but must conduct due diligence and then submit a reasoned statement to the Supreme Court.

The secretary general of the consumer organization Facua, Rubén Sánchez, has been denouncing Pérez's defamatory practices for years. Added to this are complaints about him publishing photographs of a daughter of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez; the same thing he did with the daughter of Transport Minister Óscar Puente—for which he has already been fined by the State Data Protection Agency. Alvise Pérez has even published a photo of someone claiming to be one of the drug traffickers arrested for murdering two Civil Guard officers in Barbate, a false claim, which led to death threats against him and his family.

The list goes on: a judge in Seville has asked the Prosecutor's Office to take action against him for the threats being made against her on her Telegram channel, something similar to what happened to the deputy prosecutor for hate crimes in Valencia; and without taking into account another case opened for public disorder following protests at the PSOE headquarters.