Vox asked Judge Ismael Moreno, who is leading the investigation into the case Koldo case before the National Court, the testimony of the current Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, and that the prosecution does not defend the former Undersecretary of Transportation and Sustainable Mobility Jesus Manuel Gómez García. THE The first to request this was the Liberum association.which serve as a popular accusation in the Koldo case. The PP joined this request and now Vox does so. The judge, for his part, asked the Prosecutor’s Office to indicate whether the Cabinet should continue to defend Jesús Manuel Gómez, indicted, who has already been dismissed from his position by Óscar Puente himself after learning of his accusation.
He Koldo case is reactivated before the National Court. The judge receives numerous requests for prosecution by the accusations that point against senior officials of the Ministry of Transport, the department in charge of distributing the masks investigated in the plot. The association Iustitia Europa requested on September 2 that the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos be indicted, which would mean his declaration as an investigator in the case if the judge agreed. Now, Vox also joins the request of the association Liberum and asks that his successor Óscar Puente appear before the judge as a witness.
“Regarding the statement of Óscar Puente andWe understand that this is relevant, since it would be directly related to the facts object of this investigation”, specifies Vox in his writing in possession of OKDIARIO.
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In its appeal, Vox also opposes the public prosecutor acting for the defense and representation of the Jesus Manuel Gomezformer senior official investigated in this case. The training recalls that if the State’s lawyer “finds the existence of conflicting interests between the General Administration of the State, constitutional body or entity belonging to the institutional public sector whose representation is legally or conventionally attributed and its authorities, officials or employees, will refrain from acting on behalf of these“.
“In view of the decision taken following the indictment of the public official and the content of the audit report produced by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, everything seems to indicate that there are conflicting interests between the General Administration of the State and the accused persons who held the status of civil servant,” the party said.
And he continues: “EIn the event that the interests of the Public Treasury could be affected by the events that are the subject of this investigation, the Public Prosecutor’s Office would be responsible for representing it in the context of these proceedings. Therefore, this circumstance This would only reinforce the demands made in the previous sections, because it would be totally contradictory and unacceptable for it to act on behalf of the Public Treasury and, in turn, on behalf of certain persons instructed for the same facts.
The judge in office during the summer period at the National Court, Francisco de Jorge, approved that the attorney general’s office continue to defend to a former senior transport official. In an order dated August 21, the judge authorized the prosecution to act to defend Jesus Manuel Gomez. The popular accusations made by the Liberum association and the political parties Vox and PP have opposed each other. The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office has also warned of the possible “incompatibility” in which the prosecutor’s office has defended the number 3 of Transport. Specifically, the public prosecutor’s office has warned the judge that this situation would occur if he also appeared as accused of the alleged tax crimes committed by the conspiracy.
However, the judge objected: “He accepts the appearance of the Attorney General’s Office to act in the defense and representation of Jesús Manuel Gómez García, subject of the investigation, without prejudice to what may be agreed if throughout the investigation “A conflict of interest arises if the possible existence of an offence against the Public Treasury is proven.” Now, after the appeal for reform filed following the accusations against this decision, the instructor of the Koldo case Ismael Moreno will also have to decide and rule whether or not to cite Oscar Puente.
