Griñán's wife and son will ask for his partial pardon after being convicted of prevarication and embezzlement

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The wife of the former socialist president of the Junta de Andalucía José Antonio Griñán,

;

and his son,

, will present the request for a partial pardon for the former president, alleging his "irreproachable life trajectory characterized by his fight for Democracy" and that throughout 40 years dedicated to public service "he has never obtained any remuneration other than of his official salary.

This is reflected in the draft of the request for this measure of grace to which

has had access .

It was on July 26 when the Supreme Court (TS) confirmed the conviction of the former presidents of the Junta de Andalucía Manuel Chaves and José Antonio Griñán for the irregular use of regional subsidies for Employment Regulation Files (ERE).

The first was sentenced to

for prevarication, while the second was sentenced to

for prevarication and embezzlement, which now places him one step away from entering prison.

According to this digital newspaper, the document, which will be presented to the Ministry of Justice and which seeks to prevent the prisoner of the former president of the PSOE, will have the signature of support from, among others, two former presidents of the Government:

and

.

They also point out that it will be presented after the publication of the Supreme Court ruling, of which so far only the ruling has been advanced.

On August 8, González indicated in a statement that he had received

the Supreme Court ruling with

and defended his "impeccable moral integrity", for which he assured that if he had the opportunity to appoint him as a member of a government that he would preside , I would do it again.

"Unfortunate Irony"

In the 11-page document, Griñán's family describes his prison sentence for embezzlement as "unfortunate irony", since "throughout his life he has precisely made professional and economic honesty his main value."

After reviewing his political biography, and attacking the crime of embezzlement, they point out that it is a "true and known fact" that the Andalusian politician's heritage is "clean and adjusted to that of the public servant."

In fact, they list their

, pointing out that they have been published both in the Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía and in that of the Cortes Generales, and add that it is "public and notorious" that after having occupied the highest magistracies of the state, "his patrimony proves by itself the clean performance of an exemplary public servant".

Likewise, they highlight the

attitude maintained by Griñán before the judicial process of the ERE case, and add that they maintain the same respect for the courts when they request a measure of grace for

.

The family, in this draft, points out that the former socialist leader has suffered "permanent psychological and moral deterioration" over eleven years when seeing his name exposed to public debate.

three against two

In the writing, the focus is also placed on the fact that the sentencing court has sentenced Griñán to 6 years with three votes in favor and two against.

"It is the first time in history that a case of this magnitude (...) is resolved by such a small margin," they add.

Griñán's family also alleges to defend the pardon that there is "a

of the sanction", that the processing of the case has been extended for a "long period of time" and that the notification of the Supreme Court ruling without having access to the sentence to see the motives subjects him "to a public condemnation against which, strictly speaking, he cannot give an answer".

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