The judge of Barcelona Joaquín Aguirre reproaches in a car, to which EL PERIÓDICO has had access, the attitude of the Barcelona Provincial Council in the investigation opened by the alleged diversion of funds from this provincial institution through subsidies to various entities, including some of the sovereign orbit. The togado criticizes that an official of the Diputación detailed in some “forceful” reports important irregularities Y now propitiate the file of the cause, either directly, or adhering to a request from the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor. The request for dismissal of most of the pieces was made when the judge was on sick leave. This investigation was the origin of the ‘Voloh case’ on alleged financing of the ‘procés’.
The magistrate maintains that, “initially”, the action of the Diputación de Barcelona in these judicial proceedings corresponded to the “normal” action; of a popular accusation, “collaborating with the court and contributing to the exercise of criminal action & rdquor; with the action of the same judge, “although not the public prosecutor & rdquor ;. However, he specifies, that “coadjuvant action & rdquor; It ended in “a cascade of dismissal requests & rdquor; by the only two parties in the judicial process, the prosecutor and said institution, in such a way that the court was forced to agree to the file in the absence of an accusation.
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However, the togado points out another possibility, which is that he continues with the investigation of the case and reaches the dictation of the abbreviated procedure (completion of the same), although “this supposes a job that may become useless due to the subsequent lack of accusation & rdquor; to go to trial. In his opinion, the “incidents of criminality & rdquor; they are “so clamorous” that, “in conscience & rdquor; he can do nothing but continue with the only piece that is still open, that of Catmón.
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It also announces that it will assess whether to reopen the archived pieces once the Civil Guard presents its investigations into the assets of the current deputy director general of Local Cooperation of the Generalitat and former director of international relations of the Diputación, Jordi Castells. In his opinion, the “indications of bribery & rdquor; They seem consistent, in such a way that the alleged misappropriation of funds would not have been only in favor of third parties, but would also have “generated their own profit & rdquor; for some people or positions in the institution.
Faced with this situation, this Wednesday has appeared in court, by order of Aguirre, the general secretary of the Barcelona Provincial Council, which has been required to detail the approval procedure for minor subsidies and contracts granted by the department of Castells and who participated in it, as well as to certify the trips of the person in charge of the development cooperation office, Josep Maria Alay, currently head of the office of former president Carles Puigdemont.