In the midst of the scandal over conversations with Pablo Iturralde, who denied having pressured the Justice Department and asked that the Justice Department investigate.
The fiscal Alicia Ghioneinvolved in the investigation of the case of the former senator Gustavo Penadésquestioned whether he will continue in it after chats between the former president of the National Party, Pablo Iturralde and the accused of crimes of abuse and exploitation of minors, in which they spoke of her as a “friend.”
Upon arriving at the Prosecutor’s Office, Ghione was consulted about the case. “I’m not going to make statements, let me work in peace,” said the prosecutor when asked by the Telenoche journalist. Regarding the dissemination of the material and the question of whether she was surprised by the infiltration of the chats, she assured: “Not at all, everyone should take charge of what they do.”
Meanwhile, he stressed that “the Prosecutor’s Office is going to respond and make its statements” and when asked if he will continue to be in charge of the former senator’s case, he responded: “I don’t know, my boss will decide that.” Ghione refers to the Court Prosecutor, Monica Ferrero.
Iturralde denied having pressured Justice
After having resigned from his position and published it on his social networks, the now former president of the National Party published a letter in which he claims not to have influenced Justice from political power and highlighting that he asked the Prosecutor’s Office that it be investigated to reach the truth.
“The news that I had some kind of influence on the appointment of the prosecutor in the case of former Senator Penadés is absolutely false. Throughout my political career I have defended in all instances the institutions of the Republic, the Rule of Law and the independence of Justice and this has not been the exception,” he says in the letter.
“The facts are eloquent regarding what Justice acted in a professional and independent manner, denying any false accusation based on capricious interpretations disconnected from reality,” he adds.
In that sense, in the statement Iturralde assures that he asked the Prosecutor’s Office to be investigated. “This morning I asked the Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an ex officio investigation with the aim of clarifying the facts so that there is no doubt about this episode,” the letter explains.
Source: Ambito
