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The former head of the Spanish state will not be the subject of an investigation into the information disclosed regarding his possible involvement in corruption scandals.
Spanish intelligence agencies and the judiciary do not have the intention to investigate the alleged corruption facts badociated with the former King of Spain Juan Carlos I. It is the main conclusion of the observers Wednesday. July 25, to the parliamentary commission for the secrets of the state director of the National Intelligence Center Felix Sans Roldan. As the DW Madrid lawyer Arturo Romero Diaz explains, all acts in which the monarch is suspected relate to the period when he enjoyed legal immunity.
Without Roldan addressed the commission about the recent publication of El Español and OK Diario confessions of the former "close friend" Juan Carlos Corinne Larsen, 54, German citizen of Danish origin. In a conversation with Police Commissioner Jose Manuel Villarejo, registered in 2015, this lady, who calls herself princess Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, by name and name borrowed from her aristocratic ex-husband, accuses the monarch of the crime. financial abuse. 19659004] Thus, she states that the former king would have received the commission of a variety of international contracts, including the construction of a high-speed railway in Spain by Saudi Arabia. Arabia. And to avoid suspicion, set up cash accounts and all kinds of goods for the frontmen. In addition, Juan Carlos allegedly helped his son-in-law, Inyaka Urdgararin, who was recently convicted of corruption, to steal public funds.
The scandal caused by the publications prompted a number of parliamentarians to demand not only to legally prosecute Juan Carlos but also to create an badistant commission. However, it is expected that the parliamentary majority – the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the main opposition popular party – will block this initiative.
On 17 July, the investigator of the National Court of Justice has opened an investigation into Corinne's records. This investigation, as explained by the lawyer of DW Romero Diaz, has been "interpreted by many international media as opening a case against the king". However, de Echea, according to the lawyer, "incompetent to open such cases" – and so he "will only investigate the circumstances under which the records were made". For this, Villarejo will also be questioned, who is under arrest since November 2017, suspected of corruption and many other crimes.
Juan Carlos, today "honorary king", was at the head of the Spanish state from 1975 to 2014 when he abdicated in favor of his son – the current monarch Felipe VI. Corinne, after a break in relations with the king in 2014, lives in Monaco. Well, the royal house completely ignores the scandal.
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