(ANSA) – MADRID, JUN 17 – The number two of the government of the Valencia region, Mónica Oltra, has announced that she will not resign after the news that she is under investigation for alleged aiding and abetting for the benefit of her ex-husband, convicted of child abuse. “I have always acted with total transparency and parliamentary loyalty”, she said, “there is no direct evidence against me”.
Oltra, a member of the leftist coalition Compromís, is considered an emerging leader of the Spanish left; several times, for example, you have shown affinity with Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz, leader of the Unidas Podemos government formation.
The Valencian number two added that she believes the cause she has been involved in corresponds to “a political witch hunt” from “the far right”. One of the prosecutors is José Luis Roberto, president of the ultra-nationalist movement España 2000.
Yesterday, the Regional Court of Valencia announced that Oltra has been entered in the register of suspects as “there is a series of indications which, taken together, lead to suspicion that an action may have existed in agreement between Ms Oltra and various officials. at his expense, for the purpose or to protect his former partner (…) or his political career “. The suspect is called to testify before a judge on 6 July. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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