The PP abides by Pedraz’s decision and “celebrates” that he admits his appearance in the case: “We will be able to be informed” |

More lime than sand. But also sand (which is the good part of the saying). This is how the judge’s decision is made in Genoa Santiago Pedrazchief magistrate of the Central Court of Instruction number 5 of the National Court, of rejecting the complaint they filed a week ago against the PSOE for alleged illegal financing, bribery and influence peddling. A movement supported by an interview published by The Objective to an alleged associate of Victor de Aldamabrain of Koldo case.

“We celebrate that Judge Pedraz accepts our appearance in the case. In this way, we will be able to be informed of the progress in the investigations in one of the branches of the plot: the one who paid for the chalet to Ábalos, the apartment to Jessicawhich has generated a fraud of almost 200 million in VAT on hydrocarbons, and which allowed Victor de Aldama have 70 million in accounts abroad,” sources in Genoa reported minutes after Pedraz’s ruling was known.

In addition to the PSOE, the complaint was also directed against Aldama, Koldo García Izaguirrethe businessman Claudio Rivas (partner of Aldama) and the company Villafuel for the crimes of money laundering, illegal financing of political parties and influence peddling. In his response, Pedraz explains that Anonymous complaints are “fully valid” to initiate an investigationas long as the investigations are supported by data that corroborates it.

Jurisprudence determines in this regard that the press information provided “must be supported by some data, fact or circumstance of knowledge that serves to delimit typical conduct”; in this case, alleged irregular financing of the PSOE. In that sense, Pedraz determines that this necessary “something more” can be seen in the popular complaint. In fact, it indicates that from what has been done to date in this fraud case “there appears no connection with what was reported.”

“The Popular Party respects the decision of the National Courtin the face of those parties that insult, persecute and intimidate those judges who do not agree with them”, they respect Pedraz’s decision in Genoa, distancing themselves from the Government’s way of dealing with the judicial setbacks. “Our obligation was to denounce the facts acquaintances about whom there was no judicial investigation; In any case, what matters is how this case ends, not how it begins,” they conspire in Genoa.

In conversation with Vozpópuliteam sources Alberto Núñez Feijóo They consider it “very important” that Pedraz has accepted his appearance in the Hydrocarbons case –one of the objectives of the PP with its complaint, as this newspaper reported– and “read between the lines of the file part”. “He comes to say that at the moment no, but we’ll see. It’s not like the self-dismissal of Sánchez’s complaint [presentada por la Abogacía del Estado]”, they say.