The Judge sends to trial Ignacio González for alleged public contracts of the Isabel II channel

The judge of the Nationalmanuel García Castellón hearing has agreed on the opening of oral trial to the former president of the Community of Madridignacio Gonzá

The Judge sends to trial Ignacio González for alleged public contracts of the Isabel II channel

The judge of the Nationalmanuel García Castellón hearing has agreed on the opening of oral trial to the former president of the Community of Madridignacio González and to four other people for the alleged irregularities committed on the occasion of the award of two public contracts of the Isabel II channel linked to the Golf course of the canal.

In his car, the magistrate considers that there are indications to sit on the bench of Ignacio González for crimes of bribery, traffic of influences in contest with cohecho, administrative prevarication and two crimes of fraud to public administrations, within the framework of part 2 Of the so-called 'Lezo case'.

In addition to Ignacio González, the head of the Central Court of Instruction 6 opens judgment to the managing director of Canal de Isabel II between 2003 and 2009, Ildefonso de Miguel, as well as the partners of the company TCT José Antonio Clemente Marín, Paul Manuel González González and Juan José Caballero Escudier. These last two are the brother and brother-in-law, respectively, of the former president of the Community of Madrid.

The Auto recounts how in 2006 González and Ildefonso de Miguel, prevailing from the public positions of the highest level that held in the public entity Canal de Isabel II, "directed his action to ensure the contracting of TCT society in two promoted public competitions For said body. "

TCT, which, according to the writing, lacked any means to execute the contracted works, was participated by Clemente Marín, Pablo Manuel González and Knight Escudier, although these last two did it in a disguised way to hide their family ties with Ignacio González.

"That hiring of any unnecessary and irregular point, which meant for TCT a total benefit of 504,780 euros -381,029 in the first case and 123,751 in the second - was requested and imposed by common agreement by all defendants to awarded as a condition to obtain The adjudications, "concludes the magistrate.

The prosecution asked for Gonzalez six years in prison, as well as for his brother and his brother-in-law, for the alleged sewing in the construction of the golf course. Ignacio González, "In order to benefit relatives," he promoted the processing of a modified project that had previously been awarded to dredging for the landscaping on the deck of the third channel deposit. The prosecutor says. The modification consisted of replacing the landscaping by a golf course.

Former Madrid president also faces four years in prison for the alleged irregular award to OHL of the public work of the Navalcarnero Train (Madrid) in 2007.

Date Of Update: 06 August 2021, 09:45