Begoña Gómez, wife of Pedro Sánchez, was summoned to testify in the face of corruption accusations

Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, was summoned by a Madrid court to testify on July 5 in the framework of accusations for a case of corruption and influence peddling. You may also be interested in: The chancellor of the European Union criticized Milei for his statements against Pedro SánchezThis was reported by the agency Argentinian News (NA), based on a report by Andrei Khalip (editing by Ed Osmond and Aida Peláez-Fernández) for Reuters, weeks after President Javier Milei described Gomez as “corrupt” before the VOX summit in Spain, which began a back-and-forth, the offense and the demand for an apology from his Spanish counterpart. The case was denounced in a private capacity by Manos Limpias, a group of anti-corruption activists led by Miguel Bernad, a lawyer and politician who has stood as a candidate for a far-right party in the European elections. The group said Gomez “used her influence as the wife of the prime minister to get sponsors for a university master’s degree that she directed.” Pedro Sánchez’s statement on the summons to Begoña Gómez, for alleged corruption | For his part, Sanchez spread the word through the social network X (ex Twitter) a statement addressed “to the public” in which he claims to have learned about the summons through the media. “There is nothing behind this accusation, only a sappy set-up promoted by the ultra-right associations that are plaintiffs,” he said. At the time, he said he found it “strange” that the court decided to summon his wife just days before the European Parliament elections scheduled for this weekend. “It is clear that this practice has not been respected. I leave it to the reader to draw their own conclusions,” he said. Pedro Sánchez’s statement on the summons to Begoña Gómez, for alleged corruption | “My decision to continue at the head of the Presidency of the Government is firmer than ever,” he said and concluded: “There are a few days of noise left before the elections and a few more before the summer. But there are also more than three years of government, of progress and progress.”

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