The source said police yesterday searched the office properties of former PP official Beltran Gutierrez and OHL board member Javier Lopez, as they pursue a bribery and money laundering probe.
The raids are the latest in a series that have embarrassed the PP and concern the alleged payment of illegal commissions for the award of public works contracts worth a reported 250 million euros (USD 260 million).
The party lost its absolute majority in a December general election and has since failed to put together a coalition government, forcing Rajoy to stand aside and let the Socialist Party seek to form an alternative administration.
The corruption cases have seen the main political parties lose popular support, leading to the inconclusive election outcome as many voters switched to new parties campaigning against graft.
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In October 2014, a high court judge ordered that 51 people, including mayors and businessmen, be detained on suspicion of bid rigging including conservative Francisco Granados, a former member of the Madrid regional government.
El Pais published information it said proved the PP's treasurers had maintained the slush fund for years.
The corruption allegations have been seized on by a public weary of the political class after six years of political crisis with unemployment topping 20 percent.
Underpinning the discontent is yet another graft case - a landmark trial involving Princess Cristina, King Felipe VI's sister. She is charged with two counts of tax fraud in a scandal centred on the business dealings of her husband, former Olympic handball medallist Inaki Urdangarin.