THE Sánchez plotwhich covers four main cases currently under investigation in different judicial bodies, it already brings together up to 16 corruption offenses with prison sentences that reach, added together, and in the worst case, up to 66 years in prison. The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarralisted during his appearance on Sunday in Genoa all these alleged crimes committed by members of the Executive, the PSOE and those close to the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezjust like his wife, Begoña Gómez, and his brother, David Azaga.
Thus, before the National Court, more precisely before the Central Court of Instruction number 2, the Koldo case, that the PP calls PSOE case and which fundamentally attempts to shed light and clarify responsibilities in terms of criminal marketing network with masks. A fraud that affects several ministries of Sánchez’s executive and the governments they presided over Francine Armengol And Victor Angel Torres respectively to the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. Up to six crimes are being investigated here: criminal organization, corruption, influence peddling, embezzlement of public funds, against the public treasury and money laundering. These crimes could result in penalties of up to 30 years in prison.
On the other hand, before the Court of Instruction number 41 of Madrid, the Begoña Gómez case. The president’s wife is accused of alleged crimes of commercial corruption and influence peddling, which involve up to 6 years in prison in the worst-case scenario. However, you could still find yourself facing a third party, in which case, diversion.
The crime of corruption in business involves prison sentences of six months to four years. This involves the payment of money, bribes and other economic offers in order to ensure the performance of a contract or to obtain competitive advantages over other companies, or to request, accept or receive such offers. This is the first time in Spanish democracy that the wife of a government president must give explanations in court for private matters.
While the offense of influence peddling is committed when a person influences a public official or a public authority by using his or her influence to adopt a resolution that could generate directly or indirectly an economic advantageeither for himself or for a third party. It is regulated in the sections 428 to 430 of the Penal Code.
On the other hand, the Central Court of Instruction number 5 of the National Court is investigating the Hydrocarbons affair, where the fraud designates the businessman. Victor de Aldamapartner of Koldo Garciathe former advisor of Jose Luis Abalos at the Ministry of Development. Ábalos was number three in the PSOE as organizational secretary of Pedro Sánchez’s executive. Here, Judge Santiago Pedraz is investigating the alleged commission of crimes against the Public Treasury, criminal organization and money laundering, with sanctions that could reach, overall, 18 years in prison.
And fourthly, the Court of Instruction number 3 of Badajoz is investigating the brother of Pedro Sánchez and senior official of the Provincial Delegation of Badajoz, for a period of up to five alleged corruption crimes and prosecutors: against the Public Administration, against the Public Treasury, embezzlement, prevarication and influence peddling. In this scenario, the musician David Azagra, as he calls himself artistically David Sánchez Pérez-Castejónwould be exposed to a penalty of up to 12 years in prison to the maximum degree.
“Eight Highways of Corruption”
From these four main cases, the PP of Alberto Nuñez Feijóo denounced the existence of “eight highways of corruption” which all have Pedro Sánchez as “kilometer 0 of corruption”.
According to the main opposition party, which filed a complaint against the PSOE before the National Court on Monday for allegations of illegal financing, corruption and influence peddling, the “first highway of corruption” is the “directed” one by former minister José Luis Ábalos in he Koldo affair when he was Sánchez’s “right hand man”.
“The second avenue of corruption is that which extends within the Government beyond the Ministry of Transport. We can be close to ten ministries. Ministry of Health of [Salvador] Illa, the Interior Ministry of (Fernando Grande) Marlaska, the Economy Ministry of (Nadia) Calviño, and like that until about ten o’clock.”Gamarra noted on Sunday.
The third is the purchase of material for the pandemic and which “was visited by other autonomous socialist governments such as the Balearic Islands or the Canary Islands: “Their then presidents, Francina Armengol and Ángel Víctor Torres, opened wide the doors of their government to this conspiracy of corruption”, Gamarra underlined about the current President of Congress and Minister of Territorial Policy.
The fourth highway that the popular is the journey of Delcy Rodriguezvice-president of Venezuela in Spain on January 20, 2020. An illegal visit of which Sánchez “was fully aware”, and despite this, “He authorized it and lied facing all Spaniards”, underlined the number two of the PP.
“The fifth highway of socialist corruption is the case that has just been discovered of VAT fraud on hydrocarbons, which reaches almost 200 million euros”he added regarding the recent report of the Civil Guard UCO.
The sixth and seventh highways are those that affect the immediate surroundings of Sánchez, both due to the trial opened against his wife Begoña Gómez and the investigation into his brother in Badajoz. And, for now, the last and the eighth “is the one that we have just discovered, and this also means a qualitative leap in the investigation, with a businessman assuring that bags full of money were transported in Ferraz,” Gamarra said.
