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Judge Juan Carlos Penado has rejected the request of President Pedro Sánchez declare in writing And confirms that he will visit the Moncloa Palace on Tuesday to take a statement as a witness in the ongoing investigation against his wife Begoña Gómez for alleged crimes of influence peddling in business and corruption.
In an order to which RTVE has access, the head of the Court of Instruction No. 41 of Madrid upheld the summons of July 30 to take a statement from the chief executive, considering that his presence does not include facts that he knows due to his position.
This Wednesday, Sánchez sent a letter to the magistrate stating “their willingness to cooperate, because it could not be otherwise “With the administration of justice, always within the framework of strict compliance with the Spanish Constitution and the law that binds us all and which is the maximum guarantee of our rule of law.” Specifically, he stressed that his statement “must be presented in accordance” with what is established in article 412.2 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Lecrim).
Furthermore, he pointed out that due to his role as President of the Government, his statement must be given “in writing”: “It is well known that my presence is inseparable from my position as President of the Government.”
Judge insists on maintaining “same terms and conditions”
“It is evident that the nominal Magistrate of this Court having regard to the nature in which the statement is to be made Regarding the witness, since the rule contained in Article 412.2 of the Lecrime distinguishes between when the facts about which the witness must testify are known by reason of his position and when they are not, therefore, the taking of the statement must be maintained under the same terms and conditions,” Judge Peinado responded.
However, he specifies that if he believes that he can collaborate “effectively” with justice by “transmitting relevant facts” of which he has information due to his position as head of the government, he can inform them in Tuesday’s statement so that, yes, provide a new written statement.
A petition can still be filed against Penado’s proposal. resources Make corrections within three days.
The prosecutor’s office asks to appear at the deposition
On the other hand, the prosecutor’s office has indicated that it wants to be present as a witness at the deposition of the president next Tuesday, in his office in Moncloa. In a letter sent to the judge, to which RTVE has had access, the Public Ministry requests clarification of the decision in which this summons was agreed and in which it refers to the transfer to a judicial commission.
The document also requests Blame may be in question, as well as Defense of GómezBecause otherwise it will lead to helplessness.
“There is no trace of the prosecutor’s office, no reference to the popular accusations made and even no reference to the defendants, which gives the impression that they have not been called to action,” the prosecutors point out. Not a deliberate omission or mistake, Nor has it been told how they will be identified. representatives of these parties intervene before the security service”.
At the moment, the judge has not ruled on this possibility or on the other appeals filed. It should be remembered that Begoña Gómez’s defense appealed against the judge’s decision to call Sánchez as a witness. At the moment there has been no response from the court.
Gómez’s lawyer, former Interior Minister Antonio Camacho, has also appealed against witness summons scheduled for Monday, including one for Félix Jordán de Urias Mur, which he describes as “absurd” because the only mention of him “comes from him”. His/her name appears when included in the document submitted to the UCO of the Civil Guard, and which it transfers logically to its evaluation, and which joins together indiscriminately, without any logic or solution.