Corrupt political corruption

The former French president has written a message on the networks before leaving for La Sante prison to serve a five-year sentence.

Francisco Correa and Pablo Crespo have held the final trial for crimes against the Treasury for concealment of property. Twenty of the 25 defendants have reached an agreement with the Public Prosecutor's Office in exchange for a lesser sentence.

Judge Leopoldo Puente has ordered the release of Koldo García, as he did the day before with the Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, and has maintained the precautionary measures so far. 

One day after former Minister José Luis Ábalos decided not to testify, his former adviser Koldo García will appear before Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente, who has been placed by the UCO as responsible for managing cash.

The Supreme Court Judge has decided to release former Minister Ábalos.\u00Ábalos has today invoked his right not to testify before the judge.

Jesus Polo was the first to speak in the Committee of Inquiry of the Navarre Parliament about public works tenders.

"I will tell you two things: the first is that it will be very difficult for you, but you are obliged to tell the truth, and the second is that you are primarily responsible for everything," the opposition leader reproached the Spanish President during the Senate Government's monitoring session.

As was the case at the end of September, Pedro Sanchez's wife has refused to be present at the hearing with the judge and will be replaced by the lawyer. The purpose of this procedure is for a public court to prosecute Gomez for alleged embezzlement of public funds.

Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente has summoned former Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García to testify again on 15 and 16 October, respectively.

"Certain payments" correspond to the information provided by the PSOE, but adds that "among the evidence analysed are other cash payments made by the PSOE without any documentary protection or information".

The president of Navarre thinks it's all a right-wing party circus.

It will be the 86th appearance of the Senate Committee of Inquiry by the President of the Navarre Government.

The wife of the President of the Spanish Government was the procedure for a popular jury to try  for alleged embezzlement of public funds. Cristina Álvarez, adviser to Gómez, and Francisco Martín, delegate of the Spanish Government in Madrid, have not also appeared.

The court charges the businessman with an offence against the Treasury, forgery of commercial documents, continuing accounting offences and membership of a criminal group.

Protests have taken to the streets in the capital, Manila, and other cities to denounce the country's political corruption. The so-called "march of a trillion pesos" has brought together religious and civil organizations to denounce the "theft" of public money.

However, it has advanced that "it is expected" that pre-trial detention will not last longer than this year.

Uxue Barkos has stated that these statements give "new meaning to the legal errors" contained in the OANA report on Nasuvinsa. Oskar Matute, for his part, has said he is "surprised" and has clarified that he used "the headline of a newspaper in an ironic tone."

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Javier Esparza says the government will have to "explain" why he gave "76 million euros of work to a Santos Cerdán company" and that he will have to explain why "the procedure that has been declared null and void" was used.