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The Investigating Court number 41 of Madrid has opened a criminal procedure to investigate whether the Mayor of Madrid, José Luís Martínez-Almeida, and the Deputy Councilor of the Area of ​​Government of the Environment and Mobility, Francisco de Borja , committed a crime of prevarication administrative by closing the parks and large green areas of Madrid during the coronavirus health crisis.

In a car, to which EL MUNDO has had access, the instructor Juan Carlos Peinado has admitted the complaint by the lawyer José Luis Mazón for processing and quotes both the complainant and those denounced on May 23 , at 1:00 p.m., in the courts of Plaza de Castilla with the aim of deciding on the reopening of green areas, in the open piece of precautionary measures . Martínez-Almeida and his councilman must go to court accompanied by legal assistance. The representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office has also been summoned at sight.

In the order to initiate preliminary proceedings, the instructor specifies that "the persons named must appear, provided with a regulatory and approved mask, and without metallic elements or accessories, including ornamental ones (such as watches, rings, etc.), that they could be objects where the possible Covid-19 Virus would stay for a long period of time, in order to preserve the judicial building, from possible contagions of the disease. "

In the resolution, the magistrate also anticipates that he will take a statement from the complainant when judicial activity resumes, at which time he will agree on the rest of the proceedings to be carried out.

Breach of Illa's order

The lawyer Mazón maintained in his complaint that all the parks of the capital were closed "on March 14 to date, thus making it impossible to enjoy the outdoor space and crowding the population in the irregular layout of the narrow streets that characterize the map of Madrid ".

In the complaint, it was stated that the agreement of the Madrid City Council to close all the parks and gardens does not comply with the Order of the Ministry of Health SND / 380/2020, "on the conditions in which non-professional physical activity can be carried out outdoors free during the health crisis caused by Covid-19 Since the state of alarm was declared, 19 major parks and green areas have been closed in Madrid due to the pandemic.

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