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The

Madrid Court

has confirmed the imputation of Podemos in the

Neurona case

.

The formation had appealed the decision of the examining magistrate to consider political formation as investigated, in addition to several of its leaders individually.

In a decision notified this Thursday, the Provincial Court rejects the appeal in its entirety.

The magistrates who review the performance of the judge in the case see no reason to attend to any of Podemos' requests.

The formation demanded the nullity of the case, or its file, or that at least the proceedings agreed by the judge be revoked and the documentation provided by the former lawyer of Podemos

José Manuel Calvente

, whose complaint before the Civil Gaurdia is in the origin of the cause.

The magistrates believe that the investigating judge,

Juan José Escalonilla

, "has rigorously complied with" what is established by the doctrine of the Supreme Court when agreeing to open the case and carry out proceedings to check whether there are signs of the crimes reported.

One of those agreed measures was to take a statement from Calvente, something that, according to the Chamber, neither Podemos nor the Prosecutor's Office appealed.

That statement, the order continues, "strengthens the basis that the denounced acts may have those characteristics of the commission of a crime," which justifies continuing to carry out proceedings.

The Chamber criticizes the party's procedural actions on several occasions.

On the one hand, because it asks you to revoke the opening of the investigation when at the time you did not appeal the decision.

"It is intended by the appellants [the Prosecutor's Office supported part of the appeal] that the Chamber review the initial decision taken by the investigator to initiate preliminary proceedings because they understand that the facts base of the complaint do not constitute a crime [...] , when it comes to a firm resolution because none of the now appellants made any appeal at the appropriate procedural moment, which is not acceptable. "

And on the other hand, because it was Podemos himself who appeared in the case with the intention of exercising his "defense", without the investigating judge having yet agreed on his imputation at that time.

"Possibly" that caused Podemos to be considered as being investigated, says the Chamber, which here again highlights that the party did not appeal the accusation when it was notified.

Podemos alleged in its appeal that Calvente, as a lawyer hired by the formation, had violated the duty of confidentiality in his complaint.

And that he had provided documents to back it up that could only have been obtained illegally.

Regarding the first, the Chamber does say that, a priori, Calvente could have violated this obligation to keep secrecy and that this could have disciplinary consequences.

On the other hand, regarding the documents, he considers that we are not facing any of the cases in which the Supreme Court says that it should be considered illegally obtained.

In any case, the magistrates reject the entire appeal and allow the instructor to proceed.

After various partial files that the judge himself has agreed, the case focuses on the hiring of the Chavista consultancy Neurona for jobs that, according to the investigation, were not related to any electoral campaign.

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