The Álava court refuses to suspend the imprisonment of the former leader of the Alava PNV, saying his ailments “can be treated within the penitentiary center.” He also refuses to suspend the execution of the prison sentence while the pardon application is pending.
Aitor Telleriaformer leader of Alava PNV convicted in the case From Michael He will have to go to prison because the Provincial Court of Álava has refused to suspend his admission to prison due to the illness he requested, because his ailments “can be treated within the penitentiary center.”
The court considers that the disease from which Telleria suffers does not meet the requirements to qualify for the extraordinary suspension provided for in the Criminal Code, which, as the magistrates recall, “is very restrictive and speaks of a very serious disease with incurable consequences”. conditions.”
“We have observed that none of the conditions stated by the inmate meet this requirement,” the order states, indicating that they can all be treated within the correctional center.
Telleria will therefore have to serve the sentence six years, one month and fifteen days in prison for the crimes of deception, embezzlement of public funds, influence peddling, illegal association and money laundering. The Second Department of the Provincial Court of Álava also refused to suspend the execution of the prison sentence until his request for Excuse me. The court said that in its opinion “there are no reasons which, when considered, make it possible to assume that the degree of pardon can be granted.” “The applicant in this case has been convicted of serious acts”, he has “abused the important position he held within the political party” to “carry out improper public procurement, reclassification of land, allocation of public works after payment of illegal commissions and others”, and all this “abusing” their “position of power”, according to the court.
The magistrates believe that all this makes it “difficult” for the requested pardon to “prosper” and that this conclusion “supports the decision to refuse the requested suspension in accordance with Article 4.4 of the Criminal Code, must immediately comply with the imposed prison sentence”.
Both resolutions can be appealed to the Supreme Court of the Basque Country.
Source: EITB
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