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wednesday 30 april 2025
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De Miguel and the short legs of the lie
- In the case known as Miguel’s case, 26 people are prosecuted, many of whom are related to the PNV – ex-Burukides, ex-councillors, political leaders in the Basque Government at the time of Ibarretxe…. Among them, Alfredo de Miguel, a former leader of the Alavés PNV and a deputy foral, stands out. They are accused of having organized a corrupt plot that collected illegal commissions for the award of public contracts in Spain. The prosecutor asks for De Miguel 54 years in prison and for Aitor Telleria and Koldo Ochandiano 32 years in prison.
De Miguel may deny accusations against him, but there are very reasonable suspicions that this plot that has splintered with the PNV of Álava has existed in the past. It is no coincidence that the trial has been suspended for some time to try to reach an agreement with the defendants. According to the prosecutor, there is no "agreement", but there is a "gentlemen's agreement" (sic) with a significant proportion of the defendants, who would be "willing to accept that there was an organized network collecting illegal commissions" in exchange for reducing their conviction.
De Miguel, the main defendant who has had a close relationship with the PNV, says that he is innocent and that the tests against him are manipulated. But, given the context, it's not all right. It is logical that in the face of these accusations (money laundering, bribery, hiring fraud, use of force, influence trafficking, embezzlement…) and in the face of the enormous condemnation that comes to De Miguel do anything, even lie. Judges must decide whether there really was an organized corrupt network and whether the defendants lie. The most fair and reasonable thing is that it goes to the end, splashing or not into the PNV, and also into the Jeltzales themselves.
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