The judge who opened investigation proceedings following the complaint he filed Clean hands against Begoña Gómez, wife of the president of the Government, Pedro Sanchezhas called to testify this Friday – as witnesses – two journalists from both media outlets who published information on which the union bases its writing.
Legal sources have specified that The head of the Investigative Court Number 41 of Madrid has summoned an official from ‘El Confidencial’ and another from ‘EsDiario’as requested by Clean Hands in its complaint, within the framework of the case in which it secretly investigates alleged crimes of influence peddling and corruption in business.
According to fiscal sources consulted, the judge Juan Carlos Peinado agreed to the summons before transferring the complaint to the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Madrid that, once he learned that investigation proceedings had been opened, he filed an appeal before the Madrid Court asking you to order the file of the procedure.
This Friday’s interrogation will be the first to take place in these investigations that the judge opened on April 16, seven days after Clean hands presented the complaint in which he maintains that Gómez, “taking advantage of her personal status, wife of the President of the Government of Spain, “He has been recommending or endorsing by letter of recommendation with his signature businessmen who participated in public tenders.”
The union supports its complaint against the wife of the Chief Executive in what was published by several digital and print newspapers, as well as what is known from television talk shows. In a subsequent press release, Miguel Bernad – general secretary of Manos Cleans – stressed that it was based on information from the media and that In the event that the news was not true, “those who published it” had to be the ones to assume “the falsehood.”.
In this complaint, the union points out that One of the businessmen “benefited by these recommendations or endorsements” is Carlos Barrabésand that public tenders had been awarded to him for value of 10 million euros. «This businessman also set up the Master of Competitive Social Transformation of the accused«, he indicates, adding that the Gómez chair signed that businessman as an associate professor.
Once the investigation proceedings were opened, Manoslíneas provided the judge with a report in relation to four contracts for an amount of 10.2 million euros awarded by the public entity ‘Red.es’ to the Barrabés company, Innova Next SL.
On the other hand, the complaint states that Victor de Aldamawho is investigated by the National Court as ham behind the ‘Koldo case’was Gómez’s contact at Globalia and earned 6.67 million before “the rescue of the company” was negotiated«.
Add to this that Air Europa “agreed to pay 40,000 euros per year to the Africa Center of the accused” and that the agreement of Globalia and the Instituto de Empresa included the delivery of 15,000 euros a year in first class flights for Sánchez’s wife and his team.
