Peinado goes on vacation and leaves the decision about Begoña Gómez's trip in the hands of another judge

MadridJuan Carlos Peinado has shaken off the pressure and decided to go on vacation without resolving the request Begoña Gómez made to be able to leave Spain.the request Begoña Gómez made to be able to leave Spain. The wife of Pedro Sánchez, to whom the controversial judge withdrew her passport after sending her to trial, asked him for permission to travel to Ankara (Turkey) to attend the NATO summit – which is being held from July 7 to 10 – and to stop in London on the way back to attend her daughter's graduation. Her lawyer, Antonio Camacho, filed the document six days ago, but the judge has not yet resolved the demand and has left it in the hands of the duty judge, who "naturally" replaces him during the summer, according to legal sources confirmed to ARA. The decision will be made public "predictably" this Monday.

Begoña Gómez alleged that she was invited to the summit of the Atlantic Alliance by Emine Erdogan, the wife of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and argued that she would travel with the "Spanish delegation" on an "official plane". Her intention is to return on a "commercial flight" via the United Kingdom to accompany her daughter to her graduation, which will take place on Friday, July 10.

Hazte Oír, which leads the popular accusations, opposes Begoña Gómez's two trips. In a statement to which ARA had access, it argued that, given the “finding of a well-founded risk of flight”, the precautionary measure imposed on her can only be avoided in cases of “imperious and duly accredited necessity”, which they consider is not met now. Regarding the trip to Turkey, the ultra-Catholic entity maintained that the figure of the first lady “does not exist” in the Spanish legal system and argued that Begoña Gómez has received a “private invitation to a parallel program” to participate in “activities of mere courtesy and strictly voluntary assistance”.

The withdrawal of the passport of the Spanish president's wife was accompanied by much controversy. The judge justified that the agents who act as her escort could help her to flee: “At a certain moment they may, either on their own initiative or following orders from their hierarchical superiors, collaborate in the action or actions to facilitate this flight, which would make it impossible for the accused to be at the disposal of justice”. This insinuation put the police unions at war against Juan Carlos Peinado and caused the General Council of the Judiciary – divided – opened a process to reprimand him.