PP 'attempted to make a deal with Bárcenas' to stop him speaking out, says El Mundo
Monday, July 15, 2013 @ 7:54 PM
FRESH revelations from Spanish national daily newspaper El Mundo claim the PP tried to strike a deal with its former treasurer Luis Bárcenas (pictured left) so that he would stay silent over the alleged cash-in-hand wage top-ups and illegal financing of the party.
Hot on the heels of the broadsheet's publishing text messages between Bárcenas and Spanish president Mariano Rajoy between May 2011 and March this year, the latest leak has sparked outrage from the general public, the opposition and the media.
According to El Mundo's article, Bárcenas' successor – ex-treasurer Álvaro Lapuerta – spoke to him 'in representation of the PP party' via the latter's solicitor, Javier Iglesias, to convince him not to drop the current reigning government in it.
After Bárcenas had been remanded in custody, Lapuerta reportedly said to him: “If you say anything, your wife will go to prison. If you keep quiet, Gallardón will leave and the case will be thrown out.”
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