“I need to stop and think” in order to decide “whether I should continue to be head of government or if I should renounce this honor,” he wrote, indicating that he would announce its decision on Monday to the press and suspend its activities until then.
A Spanish court announced on Wednesday that it had opened a preliminary investigation against Ms. Gomez for “influence peddling” and “corruption”, after a complaint filed by an anti-corruption collective considered close to the far-right.
This investigation, “against Begoña Gómez” for acts “alleged of influence peddling and corruption”, was opened on April 16 after a complaint from the association “Manos limpias” (Clean Hands), indicated the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid in a short press release.
It is placed under the seal of “education secrecy”, he added.
According to the online media El Confidencial, which revealed the information, this preliminary investigation concerns Begoña Gómez’s links with private companies that received public aid during the Covid-19 crisis or signed contracts with the State, while her husband was head of government.
