The Government is confronting all the legal fronts that are piling up in its path and trying to save water in the midst of an offensive by the right and the extreme right in the courts. The attempt to surround Pedro Sánchez’s direct relatives took a new step this week: the indictment of the president’s brother after learning of a UCO report which excludes the reported enrichment.
“It is a case that has suspicious similarities with another,” said the spokesperson of the Executive, Pilar Alegría, during the press conference after the Council of Ministers and in reference to the case that maintains Begoña Gómez indictment. “You see who the complainants are and they are the same: make yourselves heard, clean hands… far-right organizations.”
Alegría also warned against “the same way of proceeding.” “These are complaints based on false information. This person’s cardinal sin turned out to be an increase in assets of 1.4 million euros, but there must be a calculation error, because it is only 68,000 euros,” he said. -he explained.
During press questions, the minister was also asked about the work carried out by the person responsible for advising and caring for the president’s partner, a figure which, she recalled, has been in force since the presidency of Felipe González . “All pairs of Presidents of the Government have had a person who collaborated on organizational, management and logistical tasks. Always. This is a position located within the presidential secretariat. The only difference is that for the first time we know the person’s name. But this has always happened, always,” the spokesperson defended.
Pilar Algería avoided saying if, in this case, the person designated for these functions also participated in activities related to Begoña Gómez’s professional career, such as helping her obtain sponsorships for her master’s degree. “I insist, he is a figure who has always existed with the same distribution of tasks. Here there are no senior officials or opacity of any kind,” he said.
The spokesperson also mentioned the accusations of businessman Víctor Aldama, alleged leader of the “Koldo case”, concerning the payment of black money in envelopes to senior leaders of the Socialist Party. “That’s like me saying I saw some of you stealing without proof. It seems that the world is upside down: the innocent are condemned to always defend their innocence and those who lie can act with impunity. Whoever has the proof must provide it. In a court or in the Civil Guard. When you accuse, the minimum is to provide evidence, otherwise we render the innocent defenseless.
Alegría also defended the role of the State Attorney General’s Office, also surrounded in court for the alleged revelation of private information about the partner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, under investigation for two tax crimes . “We know of information which is false, which comes from Ayuso’s chief of staff, which is published by various media and which says that there is an agreement with the Treasury. What does the floor do? Dismantle this hoax. From there, all respect for judicial decisions,” declared the minister.
