Finance quotes Pujol and a judge asks the will of his father – The Reason

Finance quotes Pujol and a judge asks the will of his father – The Reason

The former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia Jordi Pujol has seen in one day three having open fronts are activated simultaneously. Both the legal proceedings initiated following the complaint lodged by Clean Hands, as the investigation opened by the Tax Office to determine if you have evaded capital and therefore not complying with their tax obligations, and the decision of all opposition in the Parliament requesting a commission of inquiry if you use no explanation to the House.

The “peaceful” summer break enjoyed by Pujol in the town of Girona Queralbs was altered early yesterday when two officials from the tax office notifying him hand inside your home, a summons to go to declare the seat of the Treasury in Barcelona, ​​although the former president refused to reveal the date will have to give the first explanations of their recognized himself, fortune abroad. And, consequently, possible tax violations arising from a failure to report these amounts.

It was not the only news that directly affected the situation of Jordi Pujol. The judge of the Court number 31 of Barcelona, ​​in charge of the investigation of that complaint, remember two important practice decisions. First, it has required contribution to the will of his father, Florenci Brugat i Pujol, one of the founders of Banca Catalana and acceptance of inheritance on his part and that of his wife, Marta Ferrusola. This test aims to find out the judge veracity of their statements regarding possessing fortune abroad was by inheritance from his father and transferred it to his wife and seven children, as noted in the statement made public last July 26. In this “autoconfensión” expressed further that, although “his conscience and his charge pushed him to reject this heritage,” it was not to respect the will of these funds to his family, while justifying that had taken more than thirty years to rectify the situation because “the timing was not found.”

In addition to this, the judge admitted the measures requested by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor. So, the first one refers to the Inland Revenue require to submit ‘supplementary and special statements for income tax and wealth tax submitted »Jordi Pujol and Marta both Ferrusola their seven children – Jordi, Josep, Marta, Pere, Oriol, Mireia and Oleguer- and “all documentation, if any, have accompanied them.”

Second, the judge, as requested Anticorruption been spared paths letters rogatory Andorra and Switzerland returns sent all documents in their possession on all types of bank accounts or other financial products that appear as holders or proxies.

The prosecution had requested the practice of such diligence (under the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters) to the judicial authorities of both countries, Andorra and Switzerland realizasen “the necessary steps” to financial institutions located in two states “to determine the existence of bank accounts or financial instruments of any kind on behalf of the people listed above or in respect of which appear as proxies or authorized, or present a legal relationship of any kind. “

The decision came Anticorruption only two days after the High Court judge Pablo Ruz had requested all information about Andorra accounts Jordi Pujol Ferrusola Private Banking in Andorra with the aim of clarifying the complaints laundering a former girlfriend of the firstborn.

The “error” and the surprise

As for the justification offered for recognizing who had money abroad, the former president of the Generalitat brandished that was the will of his father, “so it could happen to a committed political ‘. Along with this, noted that management instructed inheritance to a person, whose identity was not revealed, but later decided that he did one of his sons-not say which of them. “It is at this point that my original error contaminated directly to my seven children and my wife.” Therefore, he assumed full responsibility for these events.

However, this confession who caused more surprise was her sister Mary, who said ignore everything about the legacy of his father, and, Thus, with all the wealth in foreign banks entered. In fact, learned a few hours before he made that public statement. Was Francesc Cabenas husband’s sister Pujol, who said Pujol repeatedly apologized to his sister and himself, and who, they declared the newspaper “Ara” first felt disbelief and outrage, but then compassion.