Spanish Government Demands Resignation: Scandal Involving Tax Fraud and Corruption

2024-03-14 03:01:00

The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, asked this Wednesday for the resignation of the president of the Community of Madrid, the right-wing Isabel Díaz Ayuso, because Alberto González Amador, his partner since 2021, is under investigation for alleged tax fraud. During a session of the plenary session of Congress in which Pedro Sánchez and the leader of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, carried out a harsh exchange of accusations, the president of the government demanded that his opponent demand his resignation up to three times. to his fellow ranks.

González Amador and four other people were denounced by the Prosecutor’s Office on March 5 before the Madrid courts for allegedly defrauding the Ministry of Finance of 350,951 euros (384,549 dollars) between 2020 and 2021 through a scheme of false invoices and ghost companies. In addition, the digital media eldiario.es indicated that González Amador would have received almost two million euros ($2,191,470) in commissions for acting as an intermediary in the purchase and sale of medical supplies during the pandemic.

“I demand that you ask for Ayuso’s resignation”

In front of a rowdy chamber, which led the president of the Chamber to intervene and ask for silence, Sánchez pointed out to Núñez Feijóo: “I demand that you ask for the resignation of Mrs. Ayuso as president of the Community of Madrid, that you have courage, “Let him be brave, let him demand the resignation of Mrs. Ayuso as president of the Community of Madrid, even if that costs him his position like Mr. Casado (former president of the PP between 2018 and 2022).” The president of the Spanish government added: “Then you will begin to be somewhat credible in being exemplary and in the fight once morest corruption.”

Sánchez defended not talking regarding third parties but regarding the two of them. “Let’s imagine that I am a high official of an autonomous community, let’s say of the Xunta de Galicia. And for five years a close friendship relationship develops with a drug trafficking boss,” said the socialist leader, later referring to meals, hotels , holidays together, as well as trips to the Canary Islands, Ibiza or “even Andorra where this drug trafficker supposedly laundered 21 million of the then French francs.”

Sánchez stressed to Núñez Feijóo that in that case the PP would be asking for his resignation. “But you don’t do it because you were the one who developed that friendship with a drug trafficking boss in Galicia,” he assured and highlighted that the popular leader “with that history, has been able to climb to the top” of his party, while in the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) “would not have even become a town councillor.”

In response, Núñez Feijóo attacked Sánchez for the “Koldo case”, another alleged case of corruption in the purchase and sale of medical supplies during the pandemic, this time in the socialist ranks, for which Koldo García, former advisor to the former socialist minister, is accused, among others. José Luis Abalos. In this regard, the PP leader regretted Sánchez’s “complicit silence” and warned him that “his future is threatened by corruption.”

“A very unethical enrichment”

Beyond Sánchez, different political groups asked for Díaz Ayuso’s explanations for the complaint once morest her partner, including the second vice president of the government and leader of the Sumar platform, Yolanda Díaz, who demanded that she explain the “very serious” tax fraud in which your partner might have incurred. “Freedom was this, this is what Mrs. (Díaz) Ayuso told us was freedom…”, the vice president ironically, before lamenting that during the pandemic there were people in Spain who “were stealing.”

PSOE MEP Nicolás González Casares recalled that, when 700 people were dying a day from coronavirus, Díaz Ayuso hired his brother to supply masks. “Everyone around him was fed up with the pandemic. I don’t know if he likes fruit but he likes pasta a lot,” said Casares. The MEP said that there are similar cases in Germany, the Netherlands or Greece and was in favor of investigating and making “strong decisions” with those responsible, warning that the PP instead “cuts off the head” of those who denounce corruption. , in reference to former leader Pablo Casado.

The socialist spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, also asked for explanations because “we are no longer only talking regarding a possible tax crime, but also regarding very unethical enrichment.” Faced with criticism, the leader of the Popular Party, Núñez Feijóo, assured that the president of the Community of Madrid will give “complete” explanations on the matter. “Don’t worry, she will give them completely,” he replied to journalists when asked in the halls of Congress.

Díaz Ayuso defends himself

In a press conference Díaz Ayuso assured that behind the accusations is the government of Spain, who, in his opinion, would be carrying out a campaign once morest him. The right-wing leader stressed that this complaint stems from a “fiscal inspection of a citizen who has nothing to do with the Community of Madrid” regarding President Sánchez, slipping that “perhaps what is best for him is a vacation in the Dominican Republic.”

“Now it was the boyfriend’s turn, this is part of what I have been suffering for five years,” he said, referring to the fact that he is not the first relative or close person of his to be involved in controversies over alleged cases of corruption. Díaz Ayuso added that he was aware of the Treasury inspection of her partner and that he knew that “they were going to try” to create a “plot” with her, the existence of which he denied.

In that sense, he expressed that his partner is suffering “a savage inspection” and “gone crazy”, that it is the Spanish Treasury that owes him “almost 600 thousand euros (657,396 dollars) in interest” and that this complaint seeks ” delay” what he owes. He also assured that “there is not a single contract with the Community of Madrid”, but that “everything is being mixed” within “a scandalous political persecution.”

Specifically, the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office accuses Díaz Ayuso’s partner, and four other people, of two crimes of tax fraud related to the Corporate Tax for the years 2020 and 2021 of the entity Maxwell Cremona Ingenieria y Procesos Sociedad para el Fomento del Medioambiente SL, and an alleged crime of falsification of a commercial document.

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