The former president of the Generalitat Valenciana Francisco Camps “calmly” faces his assertion this Wednesday within the trial that’s being adopted within the National Court for the alleged irregularities within the award to Orange Market, one of many corporations within the ‘Gürtel’ plot, of the contract for the Valencian exhibitor of the Fitur 2009 version.
Camps, who’s going through a request for 2 and a half years in jail by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, assures that “there’s completely nothing” that might result in a conviction whereas recalling that the 9 authorized proceedings by which has been concerned up to now have been archived.
The former Valencian president maintains that his assertion on this oral listening to comes at a “a lot better than anticipated” second after “all of the individuals within the administration” have mentioned “that they acted accurately of their contracts and that they didn’t know in any respect no sort of relationship” between him and one of many ringleaders of the plot: Álvaro Pérez, alias ‘El Bigotes’.
That, in his opinion, has left “any technique damaged” by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor who, from his viewpoint, is “making an attempt to hyperlink the contracts with any sort of relationship” with the leaders of the Gürtel.
“We’ll see tomorrow however let’s not neglect it. The Prosecutor’s Office has determined that they’ve given me fits, that I had organized a dangerous system, that I had contracted with Calatrava, launched ‘Nóos’, who had been president of the inspiration of the go to of the Pope for spurious functions or {that a} Formula 1 circuit was constructed to present cash to the PP. We are speaking about one thing very, very critical,” he criticized.
Camps’ angle within the trial
Camps, who has been criticizing the Public Ministry all through the trial, has assured that he’s “yet one more citizen to whom the Prosecutor’s Office has been accusing every kind of irregularities for 14 years.”
Despite this, Camps has insisted that he’s “calm” after the completely different positions of the Generalitat have burdened that that they had not obtained “indication” from him to award Orange Market. “The Gürtel group additionally mentioned that it didn’t have an odd relationship with the administration nevertheless it modified its model three years in the past: there they’re with their conscience”, he has settled.
His assertion earlier than the court docket presided over by Justice of the Peace José Antonio Mora can be preceded by completely different extra-procedural anecdotes. The decide himself has needed to name Camps’ consideration on completely different events on account of his fuss and feedback in the course of the interrogation of different defendants.
These occasions led Mora to ask him to occupy the primary row of the defendant’s bench to make sure order within the Chamber. The former president, nevertheless, requested him to take a spot subsequent to his lawyer sporting a toga and asserting his standing as his lawyer, a request that was accepted.
The former chief of the PP additionally starred in a dispute with the chief of the Gürtel, Francisco Correa, whom he reproached for his assertion within the trial. “You are a son of a bitch,” Camps directed him, who was particularly upset by Correa’s confession, who confessed the details.
The assertion of the previous Valencian president would be the final on this oral listening to, which is able to delve into the witnesses and documentary proof from subsequent March 21.