Judge Calama rules out investigating Zapatero for a crime of embezzlement of public funds for jewels
The investigating judge of the National High Court has rejected the request of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and has also halted the inspections opened against Zapatero and his family.
Former President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, outside the Audiencia Nacional.
In connection with the ultra Plus case, the investigating judge of the National High Court, José Luis Calama, has ruled out accusing former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of embezzlement of public funds for jewels found in his office. According to the former chief executive, the jewels found in his office were given to him by the King of Saudi Arabia in 2007.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office wanted to charge Zapatero with embezzlement of public funds for allegedly keeping jewellery that Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud had given him and not making it available to the state's assets.
Calama has explained that 2013 is the Transparency Act that dictates that gifts should be made available to the state's heritage, so in 2007 Zapatero had no need to make available to the state the gifts he received during his presidency.
On the other hand, Judge Calama has ordered the suspension of inspections opened against Zapatero and his family (his wife and two daughters), businessman Julio Martínez Martínez and various companies.
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