La defensa de Güemes pide levantar su imputación en el caso «Begoña Gómez»

The defense of the former PP councilor in Madrid and current director Juan José Güemes asked the Provincial Court of Madrid to correct Juan Carlos Peinado’s decision and lift his indictment if Begoña Gómez, the wife of the President of the Government, is investigated.

In the letter, to which Europa Press had access, Güemes’ lawyer appealed to the court on March 19 for which Peinado said «there is no place» to his request to dismiss the proceedings against him.

The head of the Instruction Court Number 41 in Madrid agreed with Güemes’ indictment last November. The manager went to court as a witness to testify about Begoña Gómez’s employment at the Africa IEE Center, but the judge interrupted the questioning when discrepancies between his statement and that of another witness were noted. Peinado then changed the procedural status of the witness under investigation.

A month later, the IE executive returned to the courts of Plaza de Castilla in Madrid to testify as part of the investigation. On that day, the judge explained that he was accused of the alleged crime of false testimony. Two months later, in February, Güemes requested the investigating judge to agree to archive the case, emphasizing that the director of human resources for the Gil and Antuñano children «never said that Begoña Gómez would be employed (that is to say) because she is the wife of the government.»

Now, his defense is directly addressing the Provincial Court in Madrid and arguing that «the lack of basic indictment is so overwhelming» that the only possible resolution is to «order the dismissal and archive» for Güemes.

During the letter, lawyer Bernardo Del Rosal examines Güemes’ testimony from November and insists that, although he acknowledged giving instructions to formalize Gómez’s contract, he stated that she was not employed «because she was the wife of the president of the government.»

The defense has raised concerns about the «abrupt» way in which the judge concluded this statement to indict Güemes and emphasizes that, at that moment, it is not known «exactly» what the reason or crime attributed to him is.

In the appeal, the executive insists that Gil de Antuñano «never» said that Gómez would be employed because she was Pedro Sánchez’s wife, thereby excluding the false testimony offense attributed to him by the judge in December.

This affects the fact that the IE human resources director stated that what he declared was that he was her hierarchical superior, who instructed him to formalize a contract with Gómez, but nothing regarding the reasons for the employment, as he was unaware of them.

Therefore, the lawyer believes that «the reasons why Güemes is being investigated in this case, as reported by the investigating judge, have no basis.» And he argues that, «even if they were true,» Judge Peinado would not be competent to investigate the alleged crime of false testimony.

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