Jose Martinez Andreo, Mayor of Totana (Murcia) from PP, has been put in jail today without bail. Other suspects have been either bailed themselves out of prison or being released with charges due to appear in court in the near future.
The PP Mayor is being charged with false testimony, falsification of documents, omission of the duty to persecute criminal offences, fraud, misuse of public funds, prevarication, money laundering, traffic of influence and infidelity in the custody of documents and private personal information. Quite a list of charges seeing the guy has been in power for less than a year.
But the worrying thing for PP isn't the charges against Martinez Andreo. They are worried about the 'big fish' behind the curtains, Juan Morales Canovas, former Mayor of Totana, current Regional Assembly Member for PP and party heavy-weight. He cannot be charged yet because of the immunity he enjoys as Assembly Member. However his ex-wife and his current partner both have being charged in the corruption plot.
PP officials in Murcia are worried. They had it too good for too long and now they see justice falling on their heads. Rumours have it Ramon Luis Valcarcel, the all-powerful President of Murcia, might become the next Member of the European Parliament for PP. He definitely doesn't want to get caught in the mess and might just take a 'vacation' in Brussels.
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