Government allies say lawsuit against Pedro Sánchez’s wife is politically motivated
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife Begoña Gómez: Allegations are based on Ms Gómez's links to companies that have received government support and public contracts. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFPThe wife of the Spanish prime minister is facing a judicial investigation into her business activity, in a move which the left has labelled as politically motivated.
According to court documents to which Spanish media have had access, Mr Bernad accuses Ms Gómez of “recommending or supporting with her signature business people who were competing for public contracts… benefiting from her personal status as wife of the prime minister”.Who speaks for Jews in Germany?
The news site also reported that Ms Gómez signed letters supporting a consortium’s successful bid for government contracts worth €10.2 million.“Pedro Sánchez is taking a long time to give an explanation and he is taking a long time to explain to Spaniards how it is possible that his wife did business from la Moncloa,” said the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, of the conservative Popular Party .
Deputy prime minister María José Montero said the government would not allow “these Trumpian practices to undermine democracy in Spain, which has been built with so much effort”.
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