Prosecution of Blas Acosta

[Fabian]

" Blas Acosta might face a sentence of four years in prison and disqualification requested by the prosecutor

For alleged crimes of unfair administration and punishable insolvency at the head of Gesturpa, the Prosecutor's Office requests the opening of the oral trial. The letter of the Public Prosecutor's Office is key to the resolution of the motion of censure in the Cabildo"

https://www.canarias7.es/canarias/fuerte...58-nt.html

[Emmi Smith]

Google translate of above article

https://translate.google.com/translate?s...58-nt.html

[Fabian]

[i]The president of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Blas Acosta (PSOE), has communicated during the insular plenary session on Thursday his resignation from the position and has left the plenary session.
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[i]Google Translation of the article from 20minutos.es[/i]

Here you can find a video of his resignation uploaded by Radio Sintonia Fuerteventura

[Pho]

Does anyone know if he is now actually in prison, and if not why not?

[Cotillo_Tom]

These type of cases are known to take MANY MANY years to reach a conclusion, and in any event, an appeal means the sentence is suspended pending the outcome of the appeal!!

Don't hold your breath!!!

[Pho]

I thought he lost his final appeal a few weeks back?

[Cotillo_Tom]

But in Spain you can appeal the appeal decision and if that isn't successful you appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court in Madrid.  If that fails, start an EU appeal!!!

My guess, it will be quite some time before he sees the inside of a jail, if ever!!!

Tom.

[Captain Sensible]

The prosecution has moved on to the next stage: https://fuerteventurahoy.com/el-juzgado-...6tq7LF3xVM

A Google translation - 
The Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 2 of Puerto del Rosario has declared open the trial, for an alleged crime of urban prevarication, against who was president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and current Deputy Minister of Economy of the Government of the Canary Islands, Blas Acosta, the former mayor from the southern municipality Rafael Perdomo and former deputy Rosa Bella Cabrera.

In addition, the defendants are required to be financially liable and must post a bond within 24 hours. In the case of Acosta and Cabrera, it amounts to 70,000 euros, while for the ex-mayor, 40,000 euros are requested.

The judge determines in the order, dated September 10, that the competent body for the prosecution of the case is the Criminal Court of Arrecife, based in Puerto del Rosario, to which the present proceedings will be sent once the defense briefs.