Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office Region of MurciaDirected by José Luis Díaz Manzanera Investigates whether the Murcia City Council is criminally or civilly liableIn the Atalayas fire He killed 13 people on October 1.
This was confirmed to La Opinión by Public Ministry sources on the same day. Board of Directors of the capital council I approved the person The same situation applies to the judicial process.
The president of Murcia Instruction Court No. 3 took charge of the case to conduct the investigation. thirteen crimes murder due to carelessnessThe prosecutor is investigating the legal and criminal liability of the Murcia Municipal Council in the processing of building permits. Facilities Should have been closed on the morning of the tragedy. Although Ballesta’s government team Many officials linked to the Teatre nightclub closure case were dismissed, There are currently no political resignationsneither from the current company (PP, which has an absolute majority) nor from the councilors in the previous company (with socialist José Antonio Serrano).
With the investigations just beginning, Díaz Manzanera predictably It will call not only officials but also politicians from both the current and previous companies to testify.. It is not yet known whether they will appear before the prosecution as witnesses. witnesses or investees. Documents are currently being analyzed, the same sources provide details.
“Clear indicators” against Consistory
On the other hand, relatives of four people 13 people died in Atalayas fire He sent a letter to the judge investigating the case, asking him: Do not allow Murcia City Council to join the case open court. And in one article they emphasize that “procedural situations may vary in ways that are completely incompatible with the accusation.”
Opinion of the relatives of the deceased, represented by a lawyer José Manuel Muñozthe Council’s view on the procedure currently being carried out summary secret“This will not be just another accusation, but will lead to serious procedural harm”, because as the investigation progresses, it may arise that “members of the City Council” will be placed under suspicion based on their presumptive status. as will be investigated “It is absolutely incompatible with the accusation”.
His relatives wrote the following in their letter to the judge: Clear and precise indicators of the City Council’s responsibility in establishing the facts” and also “the concretization of the signs that determine the degrees of participation and responsibility should be the subject of the investigation of these proceedings.”