The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezalso spoke out to publicly defend her state attorney general, Álvaro Garcia Ortiz(“The prosecution, on whom does it depend?”) after his accusation by the Supreme Court for allegedly revealing secret tax data from the friend of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Sánchez called Ayuso’s partner a “confessed criminal.” In addition, he demanded the resignation of the regional leader.
“The origin of all this is that the chief of staff of the president of the Community of Madrid, at the time partner of this confessed criminal, spread a hoax to put the lie of a criminal on the side of the Attorney General of the State”, launched Sánchez during a press conference at the end of the summit of heads of state and government of the European Union, where he defended that García Ortiz had done his job.
In a very harsh tone, following the strategy against Ayuso and his partner who is the protagonist of the government, Sánchez asked the PP when he would hold Ayuso responsible “who is the partner of a confessed criminal, who defrauded the Treasury” . , as he himself admitted and that she also took advantage of masks during the pandemic,” she then reiterated, before emphasizing that the regional leader “may have benefited indirectly from this situation.”
The general director launches another blow for García Ortizas the ministers Félix Bolaños and María Jesús Montero have already done and assures that “he has done his job”, which consists of pursuing the crime and fighting “a hoax” and that the national leader of the PP is missing , Alberto Núñez Feijóo, demands the resignation of “his boss”, as he once again mentioned in relation to Díaz Ayuso.
Tax Council defeats García Ortiz
The absolute majority of Tax advice demands the resignation of Álvaro García Ortiz. Seven deputies against four took a position this Thursday in favor of the departure of the state attorney general after his indictment by the Supreme Court for a matter of revealing secrets. García Ortiz reaffirmed his position of not resigningarguing that their actions were based on “the duty to report on relevant issues to ensure the right of citizens to receive truthful information”. He maintains that after assessing the circumstances, he considered that its continuity was “the least painful and more prudent for the institution.
Members of the Association of Prosecutors present at the meeting stated that “you have to think on the question of whether it would be best for the public prosecutor’s office to have its highest representative subject to a judicial investigation for possible criminal responsibilities in the exercise of his functions.
