The General Council of the Judiciary has opened another investigation to magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado for his performance in an alleged surface, EFE has confirmed from legal sources. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by the socialist deputy Guillermo Hita, as the Cadena SER has advanced and has confirmed the country, which he pointed to a “abandonment of homework” by not extending the period of instruction of the case in a timely manner despite the fact that popular accusations – exercised by more Madrid and Podemos – had requested it with sufficient margin. Sources of the Judiciary clarify that the proceedings were initiated “as always is done” after receiving the first complaint in order to study it.
The case of alleged embezzlement of public funds against the manager of Madrid buses, Alfonso Sánchez Vicente, in a car dated July 9, Comain Ok daily He charged an alleged surcharge to organize a day on sustainable mobility. A month earlier, an association had received four times less municipal funds for a similar event. The error occurred when Peinado, head of the Court of Instruction 41 of Madrid, tried to extend the investigations after the legal deadline to do so. Instruction judges must extend their investigations periodically when they are responsible for complex cases. The law stipulates a maximum period of one year for instructions and from there, the magistrates must request six months extensions.
These proceedings are added to the open ones against the judge for his interrogation as a witness and for the reasoned exhibition sent to the Supreme Court in the case investigating Begoña Gómez, wife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. These proceedings, in the hands of the promoter of the disciplinary action of the CGPJ, Ricardo Conde, occurred after Bolaños presented two complaints in writing on June 4 and July 29 before the governing body of the judges so the minister considered “irregularities” of the magistrate.
