Bolaños backs Begoña Gómez and lashes out against the judicial offensive: "Precautionary measures are simply and plainly unnecessary"

The Minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, defended this Tuesday the procedural situation of Begoña Gómez after Justice prevented her from traveling to Turkey to accompany Pedro Sánchez at the NATO summit. During the press conference after the Council of Ministers, Bolaños considered that the precautionary measures adopted are "simple and plainly unnecessary" and assured that there is "zero risk" of the Prime Minister's wife evading the action of Justice.

Bolaños argued that Begoña Gómez is under police surveillance and escort and pointed out that both the legal community and a large majority of Spanish society consider that there is no risk of flight. Furthermore, he defended judicial cooperation between Spain and Turkey in light of the doubts raised by the decision that prevented her travel to the country.

The minister also directed his criticism towards what he defined as a strategy of "some far-right organizations" based on the filing of lawsuits against leaders linked to the progressive sphere. As he expressed, this practice is generating "enormous pressure" on the courts and harming the "good name and prestige of Spanish Justice." Bolaños called for opening the debate on the regulation of popular prosecution, considering that many of the judicial actions promoted by these organizations end up going nowhere. "Most come to nothing," he stated during his intervention.

A partial authorization that keeps the judicial struggle open

Moncloa has questioned that the court authorized her trip to the United Kingdom to attend her daughter's graduation, but rejected her presence at the NATO summit in Ankara alongside Pedro Sánchez.

The permission granted to go to London came after Gómez's defense requested to temporarily recover her passport to be able to leave Spain between July 7 and 10. The request also included the trip to Turkey, where the Prime Minister's wife was invited as part of the Spanish delegation that will accompany the head of the Executive during the international summit.

The decision has come while the presiding judge of the case, Juan Carlos Peinado, is on vacation, so it has been magistrate Antonio Viejo who has resolved the request. The order has maintained the prohibition of traveling to Ankara, considering that Gómez's presence at the summit was a matter of institutional accompaniment and not direct participation in the meetings.