Begoña Gómez: Madrid Prosecutor’s Office asks to archive investigation into Pedro Sánchez’s wife for corruption

The self-proclaimed far-right union Clean Hands filed the lawsuit yesterday before a court in Madrid, although it admitted today that its action was based on journalistic information, for whose veracity or not those who published it would be responsible.

The complaint caused Sánchez’s decision to cancel his agenda until Monday to reflect on whether or not he will continue as head of the Spanish Executive.

According to tax sources, the Prosecutor’s Office appealed directly to the Provincial Court of Madrid against the court’s decision that admitted the Manos Liminas complaint to processing and requested that the case be revoked and archived.

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The Prosecutor’s Office argues that There are no indications of a crime that justify the opening of criminal proceedings against Sánchez’s wifesources familiar with the case told EFE.

The document presented by the self-proclaimed union indicates that, taking advantage of her status, Begoña Gómez would have recommended or endorsed with her signature businessmen who participate in public tenders.

It also indicates that one of the businessmen who was awarded tenders of 10 million euros later organized a master’s degree directed by Sánchez’s wife at the Africa Center, of the Instituto de Empresa study center.

(Keep reading: Scandal in Spain: the president’s wife is being investigated for alleged corruption, will Pedro Sánchez resign?).

According to Clean Hands, The Spanish airline Air Europa “agreed to pay 40,000 euros per year to the defendant’s Africa Center” and that “the agreement between Globalia (owner of the airline) and the Instituto de Empresa included the delivery of 15,000 euros per year on first-class flights. class for the accused and her team”.

In a statement sent this Thursday to the media, its general secretary, Miguel Bernad, states that, upon seeing that the Prosecutor’s Office “was not acting ex officio”, he decided to file a complaint so that a court could “verify their veracity” and assures that he has exercised “a right and a citizen duty.”

Now it is up to the judge, he says, to verify whether said journalistic information is true or not.

In the note, Bernad sees Sánchez’s reaction as “unacceptable” by calling them an “extreme right-wing organization” and implying that they are part of “a right-wing campaign against him, which – he said – is false.”.

After Sánchez communicated his decision to citizens through a letter on the social network

While, The conservative opposition and the extreme right (Vox) agree in accusing him of being a “victimist”.

Sánchez’s decision comes in a complex political scenario in Spain, two weeks before the Catalan regional elections, whose campaign begins today, and with the European elections in June.

The Collective of Public Officials Clean Hands is a “union” founded in 1995 by Miguel Bernad that has filed all types of complaints against what it considers political or economic corruption that harms the general interest.

Berard was recently acquitted by the Supreme Court after being convicted by the Spanish National Court of extorting banks and companies..

The self-proclaimed union put Infanta Cristina, sister of King Felipe VI, on the bench in 2016, in the trial against her then husband, Iñaki Urdangarín, for two crimes against the Public Treasury of which she was acquitted.