Judge criticizes Rato Barcoj by Blesa and opaque cards – Newspaper

Judge criticizes Rato Barcoj by Blesa and opaque cards – Newspaper

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Rato, right, with Blesa in January 2010

Rodrigo Rato , president of Bankia ; Miguel Blesa , president of Caja Madrid and Ildefonso Sánchez Barcoj , former director general of the Madrid box will appear within a week before the judge National Court Fernando Andreu with the misuse of Card opaque that was made available to 86 executives of the company between 2003 and 2012 which involved an expenditure of 15.3 million euros. The summons to the three received yesterday does not clarify what offenses alleged against them, which announced next day 16 because the judge has cited accompanied them to their lawyers.

In this case the so-called black cards, which already claimed 13 dismissals in the PP PSOE CCOO UGT and Casa Real , the magistrate has opened in a separate case in which investigates the IPO of Bankia and its subsequent nationalization piece. To Rato and Blesa, if the cards would be the second complaint by his management of the financial institution.

and Blesa Sánchez Barcoj are two of the biggest spenders with exdirectivos card Caja Madrid : 436,700 and 484,200 euros respectively. Rato charged 44,200 euros. When housing became bank under the name of Bankia , the cards remained operational. Sánchez Barcoj billed nearly 90,879 euros and Rodrigo Rato, 54.837, which reinstated a Bankia at the beginning of last July at the request of the team headed José Ignacio Goirigolzarri .

The procedure

Surely, as indicated by legal sources, Judge Andreu has cited three exdirectivos requesting information on the mechanical performance of these cards provided that the box eluded the Treasury, but who used to declare purchases.

After being briefed, the judge will determine if the procedure is in the High Court or comes before an ordinary court.

Currently, Judge Andreu has no more information than does the fund management and banking regulation ( FROB ) and gave the anti-corruption prosecutor, because experts are still making the expert report. In judicial sources do not rule out that the judge Andreu acted driven social alarm created by this new case of mismanagement in an entity that has needed public money to be rescued.

Another resignation

In recent times there has been a new resignation of a political representative, in this case the Madrid Socialist Party (PSM). This is Carlos Javier Sanchez, organizing secretary of the socialist group of Puente de Vallecas, who was also the neighbor-a voice equal to that of councilman figure, though not electa- that district. He charged 46,400 euros to the card Caja Madrid.

The PP will open an internal investigation and asked explanations to 16 militants involved in the use of cards. Although 27 directors were elected at the proposal of this training, the rights and guarantees committee can only act against those who have a license. If an action contrary to the bylaws will be appreciated, the penalty could be up to expulsion. Half of the 12 involved who have resigned from public office since Friday, belong to the PP.

In addition to Rato on the list of cardholders figure Jorge Rabago, telegenic director of the party, who charged 8,000 euros to the opaque card. Speaking to Europa Press, Rabago said he only used the card for spending your own office.