The Catalan regional president Jordi Pujol said Tuesday before a judge in Barcelona and charged with tax fraud in the last family court scandal that threatens to splash the incumbent, the independence Artur Mas.
The historic leader Catalan, president of the region between 1980 and 2003 and party founder who now heads Mas, was charged with his wife and three of their children for hiding for 34 years money in Andorra, a small principality between Spain and France, as acknowledged by the same.
In his statement, Pujol who recognized tax evasion, instead insisted that the money was an inheritance from his father and that did not come from commissions received during his tenure, as some parties, a judicial source said.
The initial legacy of 140 million pesetas (about 840,000 euros), would have grown to about 3 million euros.
In recent years the legal problems accrue to the Pujol family, old emblem of nationalism and now with eight of its nine members involved in various lawsuits.
These scandals can lastrar also the political dolphin Pujol, Artur Mas, who shall declare shortly in the regional parliament to clarify its relationship with the business of one of the sons of Pujol, Oriol, indicted for influence peddling and bribery.
Research on Oriol Pujol, CiU exportavoz, splashed on Sunday after meeting President’s son Pujol have interceded with him to favor a businessman friend.
These scandals occur just at a time . of political tension between the Spanish government and the executive But you want to achieve independence of this region of 7.5 million people
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