The former president of the government Mariano Rajoy and several senior officials of his Executive will testify as witnesses at the trial of Kitchen case.
In this judicial case, the Central Court of Instruction number 6 of the National Court investigated the alleged parapolice device intended to spy and steal documents, detrimental to the PP, from the former treasurer of the party, Luis Barcenas.
In a 30-page order, dated Thursday and to which EL ESPAÑOL had access, Justice cites the former vice-president of the government as witnesses in the trial, in addition to Mariano Rajoy. Soraya Saenz de Santamaria; the former general secretaries of the PP Maria Dolores de Cospedal either Javier Arenasor the former Minister of the Interior Juan Ignacio Zoïdo. Cospedal was also Minister of Defense and President of the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha.
Inside Kitchen casewhich is one of the pieces of what is called Villarejo caseare accused: the former Minister of the Interior Jorge Fernandez Diazhis Secretary of State, Francisco Martinezthe former deputy operational director (DAO) of the National Police, Eugenio Pinothe former head of the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU), Marcelino Martin Blasthe former police commissioner Jose Manuel Villarejo, Bárcenas’ former driver, Sergio Rios; the commissioner Andres Manuel Gomez Gordo and the inspectors Jose Angel Fuentes Gago And Bonifacio Diaz Seville and the former head of the Unit for the Fight against Economic and Financial Crime (UDEF) Jose Luis Olivera.
The crimes investigated in this case are: embezzlement of public funds, prevarication, concealment, corruption, intrusion, threats, coercion.
The Commissioner will not be judged Enrique Garcia Castanonicknamed The Fat Manwho was removed from the case due to the stroke he suffered. Yes, Bárcenas, his wife, will declare herself “injured” Rosalia Iglesiasand their son, the singer of the group Taburete Guillermo Barcenasnicknamed Willy.
However, the above-mentioned order does not admit the testimony of the current head of the Interior as a witness, Fernando Grande-Marlaskawhat Francisco Martinez asked, which was number two of the said ministry in the It was RajoyThe Criminal Chamber of the National Court, before which the trial will be held, considers it “useless” and “pointless”.
The court also refused to allow several journalists, editors and newspaper directors to testify, despite requests from the Podemos party in particular. The current President of the Government will also not be questioned during the trial, Pedro Sanchezwhat former Commissioner Villarejo had requested, as reported by EL ESPAÑOL.
The aforementioned resolution, however, does not establish the dates on which the trial will take place, due to the “saturation of the plenary sessions” suffered by the jurisdiction, the Criminal Chamber of the National Court. The parties will be informed of this shortly.
In this case, the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office is requesting a total of 15 years in prison against former minister Fernández Díaz for the Kitchen case.
Specifically, the public prosecutor is requesting a four-year prison sentence for the crime of embezzlementthree for concealment and another four years for each of the two crimes against privacy which the former head of the Interior of the government of Mariano Rajoy accuses.
The fight against corruption demands the same sentence – 15 years in prison – for anyone who is the perpetrator. number two of former minister Francisco Martínez, former Secretary of State for Security. Also, for Eugenio Pino, former DAO of the National Police, the most important position in the Corps after that of Director General. For these three defendants, the prosecution is requesting, in turn, 33 years of absolute disqualification for the crimes of receiving stolen goods, embezzlement and invasion of privacy.
For former Commissioner José Manuel Villarejo, the fight against corruption requires 19 years in prison, 33 years of absolute prohibition and 9 years of special prohibition for the crimes of receiving stolen goods, embezzlement, crimes against privacy and passive corruption.
