Rajoy speaks out: “I'm not going to resign because I'm not guilty”
Friday, August 2, 2013 @ 10:57 AM
SPAIN'S president Mariano Rajoy (pictured) was effectively 'on trial' by an entire nation today, the first time since the Bárcenas scandal hit the headlines that he had agreed to give his version in person and in public.
Cross-examined by opposition parties both within the central government and from regional Parliaments in Spain's 17 autonomous regions, Rajoy kept insisting he was innocent and that his only mistake had been 'trusting the wrong man'.
“I'm not going to plead guilty, because I'm not guilty,” the PP leader stated.
“I have no evidence to show that my party was illegally financed, although you [addressing PSOE leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba] and your party have been, and the courts have proven it.
“I've done nothing contrary to ethical conduct, I did not get into politics to get rich from it because I already had a profession beforehand.
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