7,140 people were arrested for corruption in the legislature Rajoy – El Universal (Venezuela)

  THE UNIVERSAL
 

Thursday February 18, 2016 9:56 a.m.

Madrid. – A total of 7,140 people were arrested in Spain on charges of corruption during the legislature of Mariano Rajoy, from 2011 to 2015, according to Minister of Interior announced today at a press conference acting, Jorge Fernandez Diaz.

in 2015 there were 2,442 arrested. The highest figure was reached in 2014, with 2,743 detainees, DPA reported.

Corruption is the problem that most worries the Spaniards after unemployment and is directly related to the rise of two emerging parties in country can and citizens, forged in the heat of disenchantment of citizens with traditional politics.

in recent years has splashed political parties, institutions, banks and companies .

the Popular Party (PP) of Rajoy is one of the most affected, with scandals such as the famous “Gürtel case” or “Barcenas case,” pointing to an alleged illegal financing .

Fernandez Diaz said the government of Rajoy has been “firm and strong” against corruption and security forces acting without regard to the political color of the subject. “There is a problem of inequality before the law,” he said

from operations, 16.3 per cent are offenses against Social Security.; 12.5 percent to bribery; 9.8, to administrative malfeasance; 8.2 percent to embezzlement; 8.1 percent to crimes against the Treasury; 4.6 percent to corporate crimes, and 2.6 percent to influence peddling.