Two former presidents of the GeneralitatEduardo Zaplana (1995-2002) and his successor José Luis Olivas (2002-2003) today a Appointment with justice in the fourth part From the Valencia Court. He will be in the Tirant I room of the Valencian City of Justice at 10 o’clock. Both of them thirteen other individuals (and four companies as legal entities) were indicted for allegedly collecting funds bites in your awards Technical vehicle inspection (ITV) And Wind Plan.
despite appointment may be temporary. Zaplana’s lawyer’s illnessThe person who had to undergo emergency surgery last week and is still recovering. Despite this unexpected event, Erial was officially forwarded to the court that would hear his case. The three judges of the fourth chamber, who will preside over the hearing, decided that the subpoenas of all parties will be preserved for today..
Everything shows that the meeting of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which alone accused nineteen defenses (fifteen real and four legal entities), will serve to postpone the hearings and determine a new date for the hearing. A. A complex decision due to the number of parties involved and the forty-seven hearing sessions scheduled for June (According to the initial estimate, it may be extended until the end of July). As well as finding a place again in the City of Justice’s Tirant I chamber.
Therefore, even if all parties are present, a situation may arise where the hearing does not start in open court. This is the moment authorized by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) protocol to capture images of defendants in a trial (known in the journalistic world as mutes).
Today’s decision by the fourth division of the Valencian Tribunal to continue the summons as the beginning of the foreseeable provisional hearing of the Erial case will force two former presidents of the Generalitat (the latter of whom will be tried, although already convicted, following the appointment of justice Francisco Camps) along with thirteen other defendants in the City of Justice. He will take part in the “passeíllo” at the entrance of .
Nine years of education
The trial will be held after nine years 8. The Instruction Court opened preliminary case No. 3568/2015 on 16 November 2015which led to this: arrest Eduardo Zaplana and his most direct collaborators on May 22, 2018. and then The former Minister of Labor enters the temporary prison with his two friends and his so-called front men (Joaquín Barceló and Francisco Grau)Until the three were temporarily released. Due to the deposit of 6,734,026.1 euros into the account of the 8th Instruction Court of Valencia, not for health reasons but for bite allegations and was nominally delivered by Uruguayan frontman Fernando Belhot.
However, when the Court of Investigation 8 and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office confirmed this claim After depositing this money into the court’s bank account, they decided to release the former president of the Generalitat. and his two alleged frontmen on February 7, 2019.
Nineteen years in prison
After a nine-year investigation, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor demanded a 19-year prison sentence for Zaplana for allegedly collecting commissions related to the granting of ITV and the Wind Plan. Illegal activity determined by the Public Ministry in the commission of crimes allegedly committed by a criminal group, including money laundering, bribery, falsification of commercial documents and administrative lying.
In addition to Zaplana and Olivas, two alleged frontmen and the former minister’s inner circle of trust (his secretary, his private secretary, his former assistant Elvira Suanzes) are also indicted by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and the Vicente brothers. and Juan Cotino Escrivá, among others. A lawsuit was filed against Juan Cotino, the former president of the Cortes, and the uncle of two businessmen, after they died of Covid-19 while on trial in the Gürtel chamber during the pope’s visit on April 13, 2020. convictions for all defendants).
According to its version, Zaplana’s entourage insists that the former head of the Generalitat is innocent and has no money abroad. An innocence that he can demonstrate and eventually declare when the trials take place. Since his arrest in 2018, he has exercised his right not to testify before the judge and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. Moreover, the defense strategy involves overturning the road map that started the case (the “Syrian papers”), overthrowing the testimony of the alleged Uruguayan front man. Fernando Belhot or don’t claim Since everything was in the name of his so-called front man and friend, there is direct documentary evidence that implicates him. Joaquín Barceló “Pachano”. In addition to requesting that the trial be held in the National Court.