The wife of the president of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, came yesterday to testify in the case against her for influence peddling and corruption. The appearance has been postponed to July 19.
Begoña Gómez, wife of the president of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, appeared before an investigative judge on Friday as part of an investigation into allegations that he used his position to influence business deals. The judge, however, postponed a hearing to question her until July 19.
There was a small group of protesters outside the courts protesting against Begoña Gómez and the alleged corruption case.
Gómez has not yet spoken about the investigation that became public in April, but Sánchez He has repeatedly defended his innocence and He described the investigation as a “smear campaign” aimed at damaging Spain’s left-wing coalition government led by his socialist party. The investigation is based on accusations against Gómez brought by a group called Clean Hands.
Clean hands describes itself as a union, but its main activity is as a platform pursuing legal cases. Many of these cases have been linked to right-wing causes targeting left-wing politicians, and most of them are unsuccessful.
Begoña Gómez49 years old, He does not hold public office and maintains a low political profile. She studied marketing and has been involved in fundraising projects and non-governmental organizations.
After the investigation was launched, Sánchez surprised the country by saying in a open letter published on social networks that I would consider resigning due to what he called an “unprecedented attack” against his wife. After five days of keeping Spain in suspenseannounced that he was more convinced than ever that he should remain in office.
He said he would lead what he described as a “national reckoning” on the impact of the fake news in politics. Spain’s public prosecutors’ office recommended that the investigation be dropped, but a provincial court ruled that the trial judge could continue with the investigation.
