Defense of the former vice-president of the Valencian Government, Monica Oltra, in Valencia filed an appeal for reform against a decision by the president to extend the confidentiality of a separate letter for six more months to examine communications involving two of the president’s collaborators. Oltra’s lawyers, in a letter obtained by Efe Agency, argued that the ongoing secrecy of the proceedings is unfair and infringes on the right to defense.
“It is striking that this file has been kept under secrecy for six months, a period more than enough for the investigating authority to complete the necessary tasks to clarify the facts and to avoid obstructing the investigation”, the lawyers stated.
They also criticized that the motive behind the actions is not to be concise but to prevent this party from monitoring compliance with the norm of successive extensions. They noted that the measures adopted when the decision was made under partial judicial secrecy remain unclear. After six months of consensus, they argued, the reasons that could have supported the extension have largely lost relevance, and the decision may not comply with the legal provisions in force.
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Background
This separate piece of the case was created at the request of the public prosecutor’s office, which operates within the Gobiernate association. A letter was submitted to the court on October 12 asking for proceedings to investigate communications involving the Director-General of Services, Alberto Ibáñez, who previously served as regional secretary for Social Infrastructures. Enrique Juan Alcocer and an adviser to the current vice president, Aitana Mas, hold senior positions in the department led by Monica Oltra.
The association warned the judge that the General Directorate of Information Technologies planned to delete all email accounts and content on cv.gva.es domains and urged swift action in applying the test to be decided.
Additionally, the trainer requested that the Valencia Courts obtain a parliamentary response from a senior official in the Ministry of Equality, who had claimed to oversee the minor’s file in late 2019. According to the Gobierna-te letter, the individual alleged harassment by Oltra’s former husband until November 2019, when a request was made by the superintendent.
This is the second separate and confidential piece opened within this investigation, following an October agreement to include emails involving those investigated in the case, as demanded by the charges.
The court is examining a total of fifteen individuals to determine their involvement in the opening of an informative or confidential information file. The aim is to ascertain whether those under investigation attempted to conceal the case or to discredit the minor who suffered abuse by Oltra’s former husband, who was sentenced to five years in prison and is awaiting reconsideration by the Supreme Court.