The justice of Spain asked to prosecute the president’s wife Pedro Sánchez for embezzlement of funds. A hiring from the agent’s management would link his spouse, Begoña Gómezwith private services.
The judge in charge of the investigation Juan Carlos Peinado He concluded his inquiries and requested to send it to trial before a popular jury, according to a judicial document to which the AFP had access on Wednesday. This decision can still be appealed and, therefore, is not definitive.
Hairstyle considers that an official hired by the presidency of the Government He worked for Gomez in his private activitieswhich would constitute embezzlement of public funds.
The Justice of Spain asked to prosecute Pedro Sánchez’s wife
The magistrate said that after his investigation he sees “likelihood of the facts” of which Gomez is accused, so “We could meet rational, founded and solid indications of the commission of criminal acts.”
Therefore, Peinado closed the investigations and proposed that the case go to “trial before the Jury Court”, that is, before a popular jury, according to the brief.
In addition to Sánchez’s wife, the judge indicates the official for the same cause Cristina Álvarez and Francisco Martín Aguirrewho would have hired her when she worked at the presidency and is now the government delegate in Madrid.
Haly convened Gomez, Álvarez and Aguirre on Saturday afternoon to communicate this change in the process. By appearing before the judge on September 10, Sánchez’s wife denied having incurred embezzlementstating that “punctually” he asked Álvarez “to send a message”, but insisted that the latter “never” helped her in her professional activities.
Apart from this case, the magistrate also investigates Since April 2024 if Gomez took advantage of the position of her husband in their private businesses.
This cause caused a strong pulse between the Prosecutor’s Office, which asked to close it. In turn, it generated turbulence in the government since Sánchez kept the country in suspense for several days when he was discussed if he resigned, which he did not do in the end.
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Two former close collaborators of the management, their former number three Santos Cerdán and its former Minister of Transportation José Luis Ábalosare investigated in a case of bites in exchange for public works.
His younger brother and the State Attorney General, appointed by his government, are also subject to judicial causes.
Spain questions its participation in the 2026 World Cup if Israel achieves the classification
Despite having one of the most competitive selected in the world, the government of Spain He questioned the participation in the World Cup 2026which will be carried out in United States, Mexico and Canadain case Israel eventually classify competition.
The spokesman of Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), Patxi Lópezhe advanced during a press conference from the Congress of Deputies that “at the time it will be valued to request that Spain do not go to the 2026 World Cup if Israel goes.”
In turn, the Minister of Education, Professional Training and Sports and Government spokesman, Pilar Alegría, emphasized the same idea and pointed out that sport “neither can nor can it be an independent island of what happens in the real world” and added: “More when that real world tells us that rights are razing.”
Source: Ambito
