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the triple legal front that puts Ximo Puig in a bind


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Ximo Puig takes a break this weekend in Morella while preparing his speech at an informative breakfast on Monday in Madrid that will be marked by the judicial situation of Monica Oltra. The president of the Generalitat Valenciana and general secretary of the PSPV-PSOE faces the last year of the legislature (as long as it does not decide to advance the regional elections) compromised by a triple judicial front.

The first affects its vice-presidency and spokesperson. The Prosecutor’s Office understands that there are “relevant indications” for the leader of compromise be charged in the case that investigates the management of the Conselleria that directs (Equality and Inclusive Policies) of the case of sexual abuse of a minor protected by the Generalitat for which Mónica Oltra’s ex-husband was convicted.

When the events happened, Luis Eduardo Ramirez Icardi he was still married to the vice president of the Generalitat. The judge investigating thirteen senior officials and officials of the Conselleria de Oltra for the alleged helplessness of the victim has asked the Superior Court of Justice to summon her to testify as a defendant, since due to her status as a regional deputy she enjoys privileges.

The PP asks for Oltra’s resignation or for Puig to dismiss her

The Prosecutor’s Office assumes the thesis of the head of the Court of Instruction number 15 of Valencia and has expressed its support for the imputation of Oltra, who has actively and passively insisted on his innocence and has warned that he does not intend to resign. The vice-president of the Generalitat forms part of the Compromís quota in the coalition government with the PSPV-PSOE and Podemos. However, her continuity puts Ximo Puig in a bind, whom the Popular Party has already demanded to dismiss her “number two” if she refuses to abandon her positions in the event of being charged.

Image of the vice president of the Generalita, Mónica Oltra
Image of the vice president of the Generalita, Mónica Oltra – MIKEL PONCE

However, any maneuver Ximo Puig In this sense, it would de facto break the Executive in the final stretch of the legislature and with some polls that point to a technical tie between the left and right bloc.

The long shadow of the Azud case

Any slip in the remaining months until May 2023 could tip the balance. In this regard, the judicial future of Mónica Oltra is not the only front related to the courts that she faces Ximo Puig. The socialists fear that the opening of the summary of the Azud case, which is still kept secret by order of the Investigating Court number 13 of Valencia, could uncover irregularities related to the PSPV-PSOE funding.

For now, in the macrocause that investigates the payment of kickbacks and bribes, the former treasurer of the Valencian socialists, José Cataluña, and the lawyer José Luis Vera, historically related to the formation, appear as investigated. In addition, in the framework of the Azud case, the then deputy delegate of the Government of Pedro Sanchez in the province of Valencia, Raphael Rubio.

In the part of the summary that is known so far, there is also the name of Vicent Sarriadeputy in Congress and member of the Ximo Puig Executive, as a participant in meetings with Jaime Febrerconsidered by investigators to be the ringleader of the plot, and habitual recipient of gifts from businessmen.

According to the investigators of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, the corrupt plot of the Azud case paid electoral expenses as bribes at the request of positions of the Valencian PSOE.

Despite these antecedents, and those that could arrive when the entire summary is drawn up, Ximo Puig maintains that the Azud case is a plot of the PP, since its origin is in the Valencia City Council during the stage of the deceased Rita Barbera.

A brother imputed by the subsidies of the Generalitat

Regardless of the future Monica Oltra and the future of Dam caseanother court, that of instruction number four of the capital of the Turia, maintains as accused Francis Puig, brother of the president of the Generalitat, for alleged fraud in the subsidies granted by the Valencian Government. Among the expenses justified by Francis Puig with public aid is the payment of the rent of a ship to the father of the president of the Generalitat or the repairs of the car of another of his brothers.

Image of Francis Puig toned in the City of Justice of Valencia
Image of Francis Puig toned in the City of Justice of Valencia – MIKEL PONCE

In this context, Ximo Puig is presented this Monday in Madrid the same week in which it is scheduled to join the campaign for the Andalusian elections in support of John Swords with a PSOE in free fall in a scenario that the left tries to avoid at all costs in Valencia.

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