Defense of the former vice-president of the Valencian Government Monica Oltra Valencia filed an appeal for reform against the president’s decision to extend the confidentiality of a separate letter for another six months to investigate the communications of two of his collaborators. Oltra’s lawyers, in a letter reached by Efe Agency, consider the continuous prolongation of the secrecy of the proceedings as unfair and a violation of the right to defense.
“It is extremely striking that this file has been processed under the guise of secrecy of the proceedings for six months, which is more than enough time for the investigating authority to carry out the investigative duties necessary to clarify the facts. Do not hinder the purpose of the investigation,” the lawyers said.
Likewise, they lament that “the teacher’s motivation is not to be concise but not to allow this party to control compliance with the norm of successive extensions.” dictated.” “We do not know the extent of the measures decided by the faculty member when the decision was made under the protection of partial judicial secrecy. Six months after the consensus, there is no doubt that the arguments that could support its adoption are now meaningless. this time and it does not comply with the provisions set by law”, they add.
Background
This separate piece was created at the request of the public prosecutor’s office, which was led by the Gobiernate association, who submitted a letter to the court on October 12 requesting that they agree on proceedings to investigate communications made by the Director-General of Services. Alberto Ibáñez, former regional secretary for Social Infrastructures, Enrique Juan Alcocer, and Equality (advisor to current vice president Aitana Mas), holds senior positions in the department headed by Mónica Oltra.
That association warned the judge in that post that the General Directorate of Information Technologies (on November 31st) plans to delete “all email accounts and content in cv.gva.es domains” and therefore asked for speed. “in the application of the test to be decided”.
In addition, the trainer urged the Valencia Courts to seek a parliamentary response from a senior official from the Ministry of Equality, who “claimed to be the guardian of the minor’s file in the last quarter of 2019.” According to Gobierna-te’s letter, she was a victim of harassment by Oltra’s ex-husband “until November 2019, when requested by the superintendent”.
This is the second separate and confidential piece opened within the framework of this investigation, after the agreement was reached in October to include emails between those investigated in the investigation, as the charges demanded.
The said court investigates a total of fifteen individuals to try to clarify their participation in the opening of an informative or confidential information file alleging that they were trying to conceal the case or to discredit the minor who was abused by her then-husband de Oltra. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison and is expected to be reconsidered by the Supreme Court.