THE Madrid Provincial Court decided this Monday postpone the deliberation on the appeal presented by Begoña Gómez, wife of the President of the Government, in which requested the case file that Judge Juan Carlos Peinado brings against him for influence peddling and alleged corruption in the business world. According to an order consulted by OKDIARIO, the three magistrates responsible for handling the case – since the former Minister of Justice Pilar Llop, now assigned to this section, withdrew from the process – have suspended the planned deliberation on the investigation on the Court number. 41 of Madrid from Plaza Castilla. This would be the third time that the Provincial Court would take a position on the case that overwhelmed the wife of Pedro Sánchez.
“Accomplished; After examining the documents sent on September 9, received on September 13, the existence of a direct call against the order of July 1, 2024 of the defense of the accused, an appeal to which no reference was made in the submission document nor in the brief accompanied by the testimony. Therefore, given that the status of the above-mentioned appeal is relevant to today’s deliberations, should be clarified by the lawyer of the Administration of Justice at the Court of Instruction No. 41 of Madrid, with suspension of the deliberations scheduled for today”, we read in the judicial resolution of article 23 of the Provincial Court of Madrid.
The defense of the accused Begoña Gómez, led by the former socialist minister Antonio Camachoasked the Madrid court to prevent Peinado from carrying out a “universal search» against him, asking the file of the procedure, considering that there is no indication that links it to the contracts examined or to the economic vicissitudes of an airline saved with state money. On appeal, the defense requested the annulment of the resolution in which the judge indicated that he was investigating “all acts, conduct and behavior“s carried out by the person under investigation since her husband assumed the position of President of the Spanish Government”, as described in the initial complaint of Manos Médicas, with the exception of the contracts subject to an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office The defense requested to bring forward the date of the deliberation, but the court rejected the request because it did not consider it a “preferential” question.
For his part, and in the same way, the prosecutor’s office requested from the Madrid court limit the investigationarguing that the judge ordered a “general cause” and had not clearly defined the purpose of the investigation. The prosecution noted that the judge’s response appeared to be more of a “general cause” or, at least, too broad given the circumstances.
Since the presentation of the appeals, Gómez’s defense has presented several writings reiterating their complaints regarding the actions of Judge Peinado. Last Tuesday, Gómez’s lawyer assured that the judge was ordering an investigation based on “mere speculation for reasons unrelated to the cause.
Testimony and complaint
One of the procedures ordered by Peinado and to which Begoña Gómez’s lawyer appealed is the testimony of the director of Human Resources of the Business Institute (IE). The investigating judge, confident in the rejection of the appeals, ordered his summons on October 16.
Furthermore, the judge has not yet decided if you admit a new complaintpresented before another court in Madrid, linked to Begoña Gómez. Last week, the Madrid court already determined that Hairdressing is competent investigate the complaint filed by Hazte Oír, who accuses Gómez of having appropriated a software from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). As OKDIARIO published, he paid with money from the public center for the development of the web platform then created a business with exactly the same name –Transforma TSC SL–.
This case came into Peinado’s hands after, last June, the Investigating Court Number 48 of Madrid sent the complaint to the Investigating Court Number 41. Despite the objection of the prosecution, Judge Juan Ramón Reig ratified its decision to inhibit. The Crown appealed to the Provincial Court, which ultimately rejected the appeal a few days ago. Legal sources cited by Europe Press They emphasize that this new complaint was not part of the file during the presentation of the appeals studied this Monday, therefore the decision of the magistrates will not affect this possible new derivative, on which The hairstyle has not yet been pronounced.
