He Government supports the state attorney general, Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, after the Supreme Court has charged him with an alleged crime of revealing secrets that would affect Alberto González Amador, partner of the president of the Community of Madrid. The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Felix Bolañoshas assured that the only thing the prosecutor has done is “debunking the hoaxes” published and “tell the objective truth” so you believe your accusation will remain “nothing”. “Between confessed criminals and prosecutors who tell the truth, the Government is left with prosecutors who tell the truth,” Bolaños stated.
It is the first time that an attorney general has been indicted. After that, García Ortiz has assured his intention to continue leading the Prosecutor’s Office, a decision that the Executive has overwhelmingly supported. “I show total respect for this order and, I am sure, because I trust in Justice, that this matter will come to nothing,” defended the head of Justice after reading the order, which points to a possible crime of revealing secrets of the procedural situation of Alberto González Amador, investigated for tax fraud and document falsification. Specifically, the Supreme Court emphasizes the filtration of the emails between the prosecutor of the case and González Amador’s lawyer prior to the note sent by the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the Government’s version, the attorney general’s action occurs because Ayuso’s partner “recognizes that he has committed two crimes for not paying the Treasury” and asks the Prosecutor’s Office for an agreement “so as not to go to prison.” In the course of these investigations, there is a leak “from around the Community of Madrid” that “is false”Bolaños pointed out in reference to information published in El Mundo that says that the Prosecutor’s Office is the one trying to reach an agreement with González Amador.
Bolaños defends that, as a result of this information, the Prosecutor’s Office spread a note to “deny the hoax” and tells the “objective truth”, which is that Ayuso’s partner “had recognized the crimes and tries to reach an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office to avoid going to prison“. “The Prosecutor’s Office fulfilled its duty,” Bolaños stated.
But the Supreme Court not only charges the attorney general for that note, it also due to the leaks prior to it that come to make the same denial. In this regard, Moncloa sources believe that the case will go nowhere because the journalists who published said information They will not reveal the sources that leaked them.
Bolaños has not commented on the previous leaks, but has assured that the only thing the prosecutor has done is “tell the truth.” “We’ll see what happens, but I hope no one gets in trouble for telling the truth.“, said the minister who has insisted on his “confidence” in Justice and the Supreme Court so that the “truth prevails.”
“These are the objective and factual circumstances, and the Government supports the attorney general and his work at the head of the Prosecutor’s Office,” Bolaños stated.
