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Mónica Oltra's expectations of being able to recover her political life and lead the Compromís candidacy in the next regional elections have been dashed.

And it is that the cause that keeps her imputed along with 14 charges and officials for the action and that of the Ministry of Equality in the case of the abuse of her ex-husband to a minor under guardianship will extend for six more months, until the doors of the elections.

The titular magistrate of the 15th Investigating Court of Valencia,

, today issued an order to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which he states that "it will not be possible to complete the judicial investigation within the maximum period contemplated in the Law", for which it asks the parties to rule on the extension, for a maximum of six months.

In addition, the instructor has not yet set the date on which the former chief of staff of Mónica Oltra,

, will testify as accused, and the former undersecretary of Equality,

, has summoned the abused minor, María, as a witness. Teresa Tanco, as well as her then-boyfriend and his parents, to whom she recounted the abuse suffered in the juvenile center by Oltra's ex-husband.

This is the first time that the young woman, already of legal age, testifies since the first trial of the educator, in September 2019, to which she went in handcuffs.

The extension of the instruction complicates the return to politics of the former vice president.

Although Compromís modified its primary regulations to leave the door open for her to join the lists, the truth is that the judicial deadlines make it even more difficult for the case against Oltra to be filed.

In fact, the majority partner in the Compromís coalition, Més, has already taken steps to present who they consider to be the best candidate to fight for the presidency of the Generalitat.

This is

, who will leave his seat in Congress.

Meanwhile, Oltra's party, Initiative, preferred to continue to wait and her successor in the vice presidency, Aitana Mas, has wanted to keep it unknown whether or not she will appear in the primaries for being the headliner of the nationalists .

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