31 Mar, 2017 @ 13:25
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Parliament to probe illegal funding claims against Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular

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marianorajoyCLAIMS that the conservative Partido Popular illegally funded election campaigns will now be probed by Spain’s parliament.

MPs in the lower house have voted to create an investigative commission into the allegations.

The commission will investigate the possible ‘existence of different networks of irregular donations, the awarding of public contracts and other mechanisms of irregular funding.’

It comes after Luis Barcenas, a former PP treasurer and one of the many ex-PP lawmakers on trial for corruption, said publicly that Rajoy’s party had a slush fund.

Investigators will also be ascertaining how much the party benefited from PP MPs who offered public contracts for bribes.

The EU has blasted corruption in Spain in recent times, and has labelled Andalucia as the most corrupt region in Spain.

A series of corruption scandals has caused popularity for the PP to wane, with Rajoy being forced to rule with a minority government after his party failed to win an overwhelming majority of votes.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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