The Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of Navalcarnero has dismissed the case opened against Ana Millán, former mayor of Arroyomolinos, first vice-president of the Madrid Assembly and deputy secretary of Organization of the Madrid PP, for alleged corruption crimes linked to alleged irregular contracts from the period in which she was a councilor. The resolution decrees the provisional dismissal and the archiving of the proceedings.
According to the judicial order, reported by RTVE, the magistrate adopts this decision in line with the Public Prosecutor's Office's criterion and also extends the dismissal to Francisco Roselló. The judge maintains that the dismissal is appropriate “as the perpetration of the crimes that led to the formation of the case has not been proven”.
The resolution rules out that the proceedings carried out have allowed to sustain the main crimes investigated. Specifically, the order states: “From the proceedings carried out, the existence of rational indications of the commission of a crime of administrative malfeasance nor of bribery nor of influence peddling nor fraud against the Public Administration.”
The magistrate also adds that she does not find evidence of preferential treatment to people in Millán's circle. In that sense, she concludes that there is no indication "that the investigated party used her influence to get her sister and partner hired, nor that they received any preferential treatment or benefited in any way from the fact that the investigated party was a councilor at that time."
The filing comes after the Móstoles-Fuenlabrada Area Prosecutor's Office had requested the dismissal, considering that the investigated crimes had not been "duly" proven. The investigation had begun following complaints about irregularities in municipal contracts with a businessman, and also included suspicions of alleged payments to Millán's home and contracts to people in his family circle, according to a report from the Civil Guard's UCO.
That Civil Guard report stated as a fact that the City Council awarded nine contracts, seven major and two minor, to several companies of Francisco Roselló between 2005 and 2011. That was one of the elements analyzed during the investigation, although the judge now concludes that the crimes that motivated the case have not been proven.
