The defense of the former secretary of the PSOE Santos Cerdán organization asked for his release in a letter in which he condemns the existence of a “common cause” against him. “We are clearly in the assumption considered by the jurisprudence of a prospective investigation,” says the appeal signed by his lawyer Benet Salels, who claims that “specific works or awards in which Serdan would still have a criminal part.
Judge Leopoldo Puent agreed on last Monday to join a temporary prison of a Serdan, in which the crimes of a criminal organization are attributed, to influence trade and bribery for his alleged participation in the bite collection in exchange for public work, depending on the Ministry of Transport. His lawyer, however, claims that “there is no“ compromise ”material, according to which he agrees with a measure as a limitability of rights as a preliminary prison.
A letter of 20 pages, questions that the judge “emphasizes” in the relationship of the Serdan with Servanabar, a small commercial commodity of Navarra, controlled by Anxon Alonso, his close friend, and that he was awarded contracts of contracts, despite “minimal estimates and lack of experience”. The judge considers the “connection” of the Serdan with this company, but the appeal says that “it does not appear, at least, the attached documentation is mentioned in a police report, sufficient compromising material to create a compromising logical syllogism from relations that may exist with Servinabar. ”
The agents discovered a document dated in 2016 in the house of Anxon Alonso, which gives Serdan 45% of the ownership of this trade. According to a private sales contract signed by both, the former “number three” PSOE paid 6,000 euros for 1350 participation in Servinabar. The appeal recalls that this “draft” was not increased to the public and that, therefore, it has no legal effect against the third parties. “If the contractual parties left him without the influence between them (…), this can hardly be extracted with what kind of conclusion,” the writer adds.
The judge of the bridge agreed to enter the prison in the attic after an announcement in the Supreme Court, where he answered only the questions of his lawyer. The Cherdan declared himself innocent, he said that his imputation reacts to his role as the “architect” of the progressive government. Thus, he denied that he had committed any illegality and rejected any irregular financing of PSOE. The chief prosecutor against corruption Alejandro Luzon called his explanations as “poor”, “biased” and even “vitins”.
The judge approved the prison for one of the three requirements collected by law, the danger of destroying evidence. According to the protection of the serdan, the bridge car “does not meet” these legal requirements and, therefore, “constitutional principles were not respected.”
In his appeal, Benet Salellas condemns that the “prospect” with which the Supreme Court deals with the case against his client is “purely inquisitive, in favor of the interpretation of facts at all times, contradicting the prospect of investigated and always built from the presumption against REO”.
The letter also questions the sounds that the Civil Guard included as signs of his attention, and which were found in the registration of the address of Koldo Garcia, which for years recorded conversations. “Audio made and preserved by fragmented ways for many years is a possible police officer who is as Co -investment They are not the best guarantee, objective and independent evidence for the use of a temporary prison in a democratic criminal process, ”says the appeal.
