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The Court of Instruction number 14 of Madrid has initiated preliminary proceedings against Salvador Illa Roca for an
alleged crime against the health of workers
, derived from the case of defective masks in the first months of the pandemic.
The court thus responds to the complaint that the
State Conference of Medical Unions
(CESM) raised to the Supreme Court and on which the High Court requested the opening of the investigation that, now, a year and a half later, the Court has launched .
The order, dated August 30, resolves to
transfer this opening of proceedings to the Public Prosecutor's Office,
which must rule on two issues. On the one hand, if the investigating court or the TSJ of Catalonia is competent to hear the aforementioned complaint, taking into account the character of the defendant as certified. And in the event that the Prosecutor's Office considers that the court is competent for this case, "it
must also report on the relevance of the admission for processing of this complaint," the order
states.
From CESM they celebrate the decision and the lawyer in the case, Guillermo Llago, recalls that this order "occurs after in April 2020 CESM presented a complaint for the management of the non-approved masks that were distributed among health professionals and that were not they prevented contagion between them in their jobs ".
At that time, Llago points out that "the Supreme Court considered it premature to act against the then minister because
it could not be proven that he could be attributed the responsibility for the distribution of the masks,
skipping the approval procedures that corresponded to
the Carlos III Health Institute
. for this reason, the High Court ordered that it be referred to the Investigating Court, investigated and if it was confirmed that Illa had involvement and was still measured, that the case be returned to the Supreme Court. "
The next movement in this case will be decided by the Prosecutor's Office with the preparation of a report, which will also be transferred to the union so that it can later present allegations before the judge makes
the decision on this case
.
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