A sign saying ‘It’s not mud, it’s corruption’ greets David Sánchez upon his arrival at the Badajoz Court to testify.
A sign that reads ‘It’s not mud, it’s corruption’, signed by Hazte Oír, was received this Thursday by Pedro Sánchez’s brother, David Sánchez, upon his arrival at the Badajoz Provincial Court where he plans to testify as an investigator in the trial that is being followed for his hiring in 2017 in the Badajoz Provincial Council.
Some posters that bear the image of Pedro Sánchez, David Sánchez and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and at which members of the organization Hazte Oír have thrown a mixture that simulated mud with the aim of “muddying up the corrupt,” and they have invited passing citizens to participate as well.
The entrance to the Badajoz Provincial Court dawned this Thursday surrounded by security fences due to the expectation created by the statement this Thursday of the brother of the President of the Government, David Sánchez, and the former president of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, along with nine other investigated people, in the trial that is being followed by his hiring at the institution in 2017 as coordinator of the activities of the conservatories, and later, as head of the Performing Arts Office.
David Sánchez entered the Badajoz Provincial Court shortly after 9:00 a.m. through the back door, as he has done every day of this trial, where dozens of media outlets were waiting for him.
The start of the session is scheduled for 9:55 this Thursday with the statement of Miguel Ángel Gallardo as an investigator, who will be followed by David Sánchez, followed in third place by the former director of the Culture area of the Badajoz Provincial Council, Elisa Moriano; the former deputy of Culture Cristina Núñez, and the former director of Human Resources of the Badajoz Provincial Council Juana Cintas.
In sixth place, the director of Culture Manuel Candalija will declare, followed by the former deputy of Culture Francisco Martos; the former director of Culture Emilia Parejo; the official Félix González; the current deputy for Culture, Ricardo Cabezas, and the former advisor of Moncloa and former head of the Coordination of Centers and Programs of Cross-border Activities section Luis Carrero, according to the president of the room, José Antonio Patrocinio, at the beginning of the day this past Wednesday.
The session is scheduled from 9:55 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and if it does not conclude during the day this Thursday, it will continue on Friday until 2:00 p.m. After the testimony of the 11 investigated, the trial will continue on June 8 and 9 with the final reports of the parties.
A statement that Pedro Sánchez’s brother arrives at “with complete tranquility and naturalness,” according to his lawyer, Emilio Cortés, when asked by journalists this past Wednesday, although he did not want to reveal whether he will answer questions from all parties. (EP)
