Closing ranks in government with the state attorney general. He Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolañosseemed to express his respect for court decisions and also to show your “support for the work of the state attorney general in this case and in his work prosecuting crimes. “This affair will come to nothing”added after learning that the Supreme Court had opened an investigation against Álvaro García Ortiz for an alleged revelation of secrets.
Bolaños recalled the facts surrounding this case, emphasizing that Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend confessed to two tax crimes and the Community of Madrid was transmitted the “lie” according to which the prosecutor’s office had attempted an agreement. The minister thus recalled that the prosecution had only denied the deception. “What is being investigated today is a prosecution that tells the truth and denies inaccurate information. These are the objective circumstances. I hope no one gets in trouble for denying a hoax.“, he defended himself.
Before, the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Monterodefended the “professionalism and honorability” of Álvaro García Ortiz, after learning of his accusation by the Supreme Court, and emphasizes that the prosecution only “defended itself against a lie” from the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso.
Montero made these statements in the halls of Congress, minutes after the Supreme Court agreed to open an investigation against García Ortiz for the alleged crime of revealing secrets what Ayuso’s partner accuses him of, an unprecedented measure, since it is the first time that the head of the Public Ministry has been accused.
This affair will come to nothing
He also considers that those who do not like the actions of the prosecution are trying to “demonize” it and “attempt to file a complaint” against García Ortiz. “But I insist, here “The important thing is that the prosecution defended itself solely and exclusively against a lie from Ms. Ayuso.”he pointed out.
According to the vice president, Ayuso lied when he said that the prosecutor’s office had offered him a deal and that “it was also the Public Treasury that owed him money”, while, as Alberto González Amador pointed out, she admitted to having committed “a tax offense” and it was her lawyer who requested the pact.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaskaasked the PP during the control session in Congress to “not hide the essential”, highlighting the “two tax crimes” of the companion of the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
An unprecedented accusation against an attorney general
The Supreme Court opens a case against the attorney general for presumed revelation of secrets compared to the investigation against Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partnerAlberto González Amador, accused of tax fraud and document falsification. A absolutely unprecedentedbecause it is the first time in a democracy that a state attorney general has been indicted.
The High Court also agreed investigate the attorney general of the province of MadridPilar Rodríguez Fernández, although she does not have certified status, considering that the behaviors of both have a link that prevents the opening of separate files.
This cause revolves around press release from the prosecution in March for stay away from the hoaxpublished by Ayuso’s chief of staff and taken up by several media outlets, which claimed that the public prosecutor’s office had offered a deal to the Madrid president’s boyfriend, when in reality It was his defense which proposed it, also recognizing the tax offenses.
Now the Supreme Court includes in its order, which LaSexta had, the prosecution’s thesis – that He opposed the indictment of García Ortiz– about what the press release itself is not criminalbut the crime would be in the filtration and publication of emails between González Amador’s lawyer and the prosecutor in charge of the case and that these emails were in the possession of the Attorney General and the Provincial Prosecutor.
