Begoña Gomezwife of Pedro Sanchez and holder of an extraordinary chair at the Complutense, could not express himself without reading his speech of only three minutes before the commission of the Madrid Assembly which is investigating whether he benefited from favorable treatment from the public university of Madrid. Up to 35 times, the wife of the President of the Government had to lower her head to read the lines she had written from La Moncloa. He then refused to testify, on the advice of his lawyer, at the request of the PP and Vox deputies of the commission.
“From 25 years of experience in consulting and teaching. I coordinated teams, I managed projects… I advised more than fifty professionals from the private sector and the third sector. 12 years ago I started a collaboration with the Complutense University of Madrid as co-director of a master’s degree with its own degrees to train professionals specialized in social projects and sustainability projects. It was in 2020 that this collaboration expanded with the creation of an extraordinary chair. An extraordinary chair, common practice in public universities and, moreover, unpaid,” he underlined.
Sánchez’s wife also highlighted “the collection of judicial complaints” and the “number of hoaxes” which she believes were directed against her despite her being charged with up to four corruption offences. “Hoaxes and defamations”, expressed the wife of the head of the Executive before being interrupted by the PP deputy in the Madrid Assembly, Mercedes Zarzalejobecause he did not answer the questions that the parliamentarian had asked popular. “I asked her a very specific question, about the link she has with the Complutense University, nothing more,” said Zarzalejo, then the president of the commission resumed the session so that Begoña Gómez could continue her intervention .
The person appearing valued her professional career, in particular a “professional life built with great effort and with full dedication as one more life, as millions of women in our country do every day.” Sánchez’s wife refused to testify because the Madrid Assembly committee “has an obvious political objective”. “Just look at the list of plaintiffs. And for this reason, and advised by my lawyer, I will use my right not to answer your questions after having fulfilled my obligation to appear before this committee. Sooner or later the truth will make things right. Thank you very much,” concluded Begoña Gómez.
Refuses to testify
The wife of the President of the Government went to the Regional Chamber dressed in immaculate black and entered under the surveillance of a strong police force. He always showed a very serious face and chose to remain silent in the face of questions raised by the spokespersons of PP and Vox. Begoña Gómez is accused of commercial corruption, influence peddling, embezzlement and professional trespass. She faces a maximum sentence of up to 11 years in prison for these four crimes.
Begoña Gómez had to listen to the questions from these parliamentary groups one by one, but she refused to clarify, for example: How did he get the leadership of the chair? although she does not have an official university degree or how the controversial software that she paid for with university money and which coincided in name with a private company recently created by herself was created.
During the commission there were moments of maximum tension when MP Mercedes Zarzalejo interrupted Begoña Gómez for not answering her questions. SO Jesus CeladaPSOE deputy and vice-president of the committee, asked to be prevented from speaking. At another time, another socialist deputy asked “I respect” for the appearance when they brought up the fact that Begoña Gómez could not be a student in her own master’s degree at UCM. “They cannot intervene, they know that perfectly, I call him to order the first time, the third time he leaves,” replied the president of the commission. Susana Pérez Quislant.
For his part, Ana Garcia Cuarteromember of Vox and spokesperson for the committee, launched another series of questions. He left Begoña Gómez long seconds, if she wished, to deny OKDIARIO’s information about her lack of official diploma. Pedro Sánchez’s wife looked defiant to the group’s parliamentarian Santiago Abascal but she did not say a word. She also asked about the letters of recommendation of the master to the companies of his friend Juan Carlos Barrabés or about the business relations with the latter, but, in the same way, the accused professor refused to answer.
