The Cattarooga judge investigating Dana’s management is ruling out another subpoena for now Maribel Villaplanathe journalist who ate with the acting president of the state, Carlos Mazzone, on the Valley Day, but he is considered “highly… … It is “unlikely” that he did not listen to the calls he made during the evening at the Il Venturo restaurant.
This is evident from the order issued on Friday by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) and issued by the judge of the Court of First Instance of Catarroga (Square 3). In her decision, the judge ruled out “at this time” calling the caller to testify again as a witness, as requested by the popular accusation carried out by the Ciudadanos party and another special accusation.
Villaplana’s subpoena was based on the possibility that he had overheard the president’s conversations with accused former minister Salome Pradas or comments he might have made as a result of them, about which the judge notes that “it is certain that the dimensions of Ventoro’s private room make it They are unlikely to be heard Conversations or comments, unless the witness remains completely isolated from what is happening around her.
The judge believes that before hearing Villaplana again in court, if such extremes are necessary, he must obtain statements from other witnesses belonging to the General Presidency team, as well as his bodyguards and the driver who accompanied him on Dana’s day.
Ciudadanos made this request bearing in mind that the caller could have afforded it Lying on the testimony Which he submitted on November 3 after hearing from the owner of the El Ventorro restaurant and seeing photos that contributed to the case regarding the dimensions of the booth where the journalist and Mazzone dined.
However, it also rejects that party’s request to investigate the witness for the crime of perjury, because, as Supreme Court jurisprudence states, “it is necessary to obtain advance information of a procedurally established fact, which can only be done in a judgment or in a final dismissal order.”
In any case, the Cataroga judge leaves open the possibility of receiving a statement from the journalist again if she expresses publicly or before the court itself her willingness to do so again, especially after recent press information that indicated the possibility of her taking Mazzone by car to the vicinity of the State Palace, which the acting president denied.
He calls Pradas to testify
On the other hand, and based on the request of the popular accusation practiced by the Podemos party, a video interview with the former Minister of Justice and Interior was included in the case. Salome Pradaswhich investigated the case, which was broadcast on Sunday, November 30, the judge agreed to ask his defense to make a statement within one day if he wished to testify again in court. Only if your answer is yes, the telecom company will be asked to contribute to the TV programme.
In this sense, the judge points out that any statement made by the person being investigated, in order to have an “influence on the process”, must be made “with legal assistance in a timely manner and within the framework of this procedure”, because it is “a guarantee for the person being investigated himself”.