The Madrid bar association denounces the leak of the Prosecutor's Office in the case of Ayuso's boyfriend: "The revelation of conversations is extremely serious"

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Updated Friday, March 15, 2024-08:41

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM) has ruled on the case of alleged tax fraud that concerns the partner of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, pointing out the data leak as a matter of "extreme seriousness". committed by the Prosecutor's Office.

The ICAM denounces that the Madrid Provincial Prosecutor's Office revealed "specific data from some investigative proceedings" through a statement, and points out that among those leaks were dates, conversations and meetings that represent a "break in the professional secrecy that protects the communications of "literary".

The Madrid Bar Association refers to article 4.5 of the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor's Office to point out that there is a "limit on the obligation to inform by the Public Prosecutor's Office" and that professional secrecy is "especially important in interactions between prosecutors and lawyers ".

For the ICAM, the information known yesterday about the conversations between the Prosecutor's Office and the lawyer of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner constitute "a violation of these basic principles of secrecy, trust and good faith" and, they denounce, "puts neutrality at risk." that should characterize the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office".

The ICAM has announced that it will address this issue at the Governing Board next Monday "with the commitment to ensure the exercise of the right of defense and professional secrecy."

The College concludes by pointing out that it will go "to the last consequences."