VALENCIA, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former vice president of the Generalitat, Mónica Oltra, has opposed the extension of the investigation opened for the alleged cover-up of the abuse of a minor under guardianship by her ex-husband: “With her delay and her media impact, she justifies the purposes of certain accusations , knowing that there is no illicit action but that by properly instrumentalizing the process, they can achieve their goals”.
This follows from the brief of allegations, to which Europa Press has had access, which Oltra’s lawyer has sent to the Investigating Court number 15 of Valencia after the request to extend the proceedings against her and others investigated in this procedure for six more months.
In the first place, Oltra opposes the extension, alleging expiration of the instruction. In this regard, he recalls that the preliminary proceedings began in May 2021; in September the proceedings were provisionally dismissed; and in December the reopening of the case was ordered, which was done in January 2022.
Based on these dates, the lawyer assesses whether the instruction periods are suspended due to the dismissal of the case. And in this regard he refers to the modification of article 324 of the Prosecution Law, which in addition to extending the period of investigation to one year, eliminates the dismissal as a cause for stopping the calculation.
In any case, he adds, even if the period was counted, more than 12 months of instruction would have elapsed, the maximum period provided for in the regulation. With what opposes the extension. “Taking this criterion into account, the maximum term for the investigation of the case would have ended on May 27, 2022, so it would not be appropriate to agree on any further extension period,” he alleges.
Subsidiarily, the lawyer refers in his brief to the need or not of new proceedings: “The practice of the investigation proceedings is aimed at clarifying the nature of the facts, as well as determining the participation of the people who could be involved in Now, this criterion cannot be unlimited or open, to the point of entering a prospective case that can end in a general case against a certain person, where the purpose is not in itself what is investigated, which does not would lead nowhere but the very temporal aspect of the process.
And on this last point, the lawyer assures that in the case, with its delay and media coverage, “the purposes of certain accusations are justified, knowing that there is no illegal action but that by properly instrumentalizing the process, they can achieve their ends”, ensures.
“And this,” he adds, “is not what we say, it is what the plaintiff herself says, Cristina Seguí, a participant in the case as a popular accusation through the GobiernaTe association, in one of her tweets: ‘The magistrate who directs the investigation of Mónica Oltra and her Pack have proposed extending the instruction for a minimum period of 6 months. Proud of having put an end to their political aspirations by removing these dangerous people from public life. Demonstrated: YES YOU CAN'”, is reproduced in the writing .
However, the lawyer asserts: “After more than a year of investigation, we are not aware of what procedures have not been carried out and that the fabled story that has supported the complaints filed against all those investigated can give too much, extremes that justify our request of not being interested in any further extension, and all this without prejudice to the fact that the procedures agreed upon prior to the closing of the same could be carried out, “he says.
