He trial of Begoña Gómez by Alleged crimes of influence peddling and corruption in business has taken a new turn today, as the judge Juan Carlos PeinadoHe has summoned the current President of the Government and Gómez’s husband, Pedro Sánchez, as a witness.
“Useful and pertinent,” is how the magistrate has described the statement of the “husband of the suspect,” in order to clarify a possible “chain of influence peddling,” in a News that has undoubtedly shaken the national political landscape.
The latest news suggests that the PSOE and the Public Prosecutor’s Office will appeal the President’s summons, which was included in a court ruling that has been the subject of much discussion in both the Spanish and international media.
The international press echoes
There have been many who have decided to show their readers, either in English or French languagethe summons to testify as a witness for Sánchez in the trial of his wife. One of the earliest to do so was the Frenchman South Westwhich published the information from the agency France-Presse. Another of the best known in the lingua franca, The Worldalso placed the news as one of the most notable in its International section.
Other agencies, this time English-speaking, such as Bloomberghave also decided to tell their readers about the information published around 11 a.m. in Spain: “Spanish President Sánchez, summoned as a witness in his wife’s criminal case,” says, in this case, the aforementioned Bloomberg.
The media belonging to The Economist Group has decided to headline the news in the same way, Politicalin its European version: “The Spanish President, Pedro Sánchez, has been summoned as a witness in an investigation into corruption relating to his wife, Begoña Gómez,” the digital newspaper stated.
Not even in Britain They have decided to ignore such newsworthy fact, as is the case of the newspaper The Timeswhich has decided to detail the accusation against Begoña Gómez more in its headline used on its social networks than on its website. On the other hand, the one that has positioned itself the most has been the Financial Timeswhich he describes as “a smear campaign by the right.”
Information about Sánchez’s summons has traveled around the world, even to Arab media as Alabariya News or the Indian The Daily Guardianwhile Reuters He points out that this is the first time that a president of Spain has been called to testify since he did so. Mariano Rajoy in 2017.
In addition, international television and radio stationsas the TV5Monde French or the Channel26 Argentine television has also dedicated a space in its programming to tell its viewers the news of the summons as a witness in the trial of Begoña Gómez by the Investigative Court number 41 of Madrid.