Rajoy speaks out: President cross-examined by opposition
Thursday, August 1, 2013 @ 9:14 PM
SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy (pictured) is under attack from members of the opposition, each of whom have been given set time slots to respond to his initial hour-long speech.
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (PSOE), Josep Antoni Durán i Lleida (CiU), and Cayo Lara (IU) have had their turn, and the next up was Rosa Díez, from UpyD, who called Rajoy 'a disgrace to the institution'.
Díez (pictured below right) launched a battery of 20 questions aimed to put the president on the spot, asking:
“Can you confirm beyond reasonable doubt that there was no off-the-books accounting? Can you confirm beyond reasonable doubt that none of you received money in undeclared cash? Can you confirm beyond reasonable doubt that you respected the accounting laws of this country? Why did you take Bárcenas on as treasurer? Why did the PP continue to pay legal representation for Bárcenas when he was supposedly no longer on the party? Do you think it's right that a party forges contracts, as has been proven in the case of Sra De Cospedal? Did you meet with Bárcenas to discuss the matter when the illegal financing accusations came to light? Did you know that company representatives were going in person to the PP headquarters on C/ Génova [in Madrid] to give bribes in cash? Did you know the PP headquarters visitors' book had been destroyed? Can you confirm, beyond all reasonable doubt, that you neither gave your approval to, nor knew about, the handwritten accounts of 2008? Can you confirm beyond all reasonable doubt that the electoral campaigns were not financed with undeclared cash? Is it true that Bárcenas rang you to ask your wife not to make a grand celebrity entrance into the National Court? Did you tell the judge in charge of the case that Bárcenas was lying and blackmailing you? Did you know about the meeting between Bárcenas and the anti-fraud squad where he was recommended to make use of the fiscal amnesty? Is it true that Bárcenas was given an office in the PP headquarters? And finally, question 20, why did you lie on January 25, 2013, in an interview, that you could not remember when you last spoke to Bárcenas, if you had sent him a text message seven days previously?...
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