Bartomeu denounced that the Mosso did not stick to their duties

Joseph Maria Bartomeu denounced before the court that the last report of Mossos d’Esquadra about the procedure being put against him, known as barçagate“is completely outside the constitutional channels because it is a prospective investigation, that is, without judicial authorization and unrelated to the specific reason that led to the seizure of documentation and telephone records.”

A material that -he added- “in no case can it be used without the express consent of the judge or to detect other indications of crime”. According to the former president of FC Barcelonathe body of Mossos “systematically violates the constitutional mandate to adhere to the limitation of its duties when it intervenes under judicial authority.”

This was stated in a press release summarizing the pleadings in the said report, which was delivered to the court on Thursday afternoon, where he expressly requested that the magistrate in the case reject it. “I have criticized on previous occasions that, both in the writings of FC Barcelona as in partial reports of Mossos d’Esquadra, an attempt is made to justify that the imputation of specific crimes empowers the body to conduct prospective investigations into all my institutional activities. This is specifically prohibited by law. For this reason, I am asking the police force to adjust it to assess concrete facts and not behaviors or lifestyles. His claim to review without any limitation any of the decisions of an economic nature made during my presidency is not accepted.

He considers “an alarming phenomenon the fact that, as public and well-known, there are some people who are responsible for Mossos d’Esquadra who, upon requesting a leave of absence, was accepted by the security area of FC Barcelona, who was dismissed after a while, presumably with due compensation, to rejoin the body. This situation – is raised bartomeu to the Magistrate- develops, at least, suspicions and misgivings”.

It also describes as “partial, bias and none definitive” the reports of Mossos sent to date, suggesting their implicit willingness to “extend without necessity or justification” the teaching process in time. “Only in this last report – he said – reference was made in the case to the alleged evidence found on the computer devices, but again unrelated to the acquisition of the group. nicestream whose services constitute, as the indictment interprets, the crimes of unfair administration and corruption between individuals.

Reference is made only to the marketing company amalgamoccasionally hired like many others in the sector of FC Barcelonain a story full of lies like those used to pay off journalists or businessmen with the sole purpose of benefiting my public image”.

bartomeu recalls that “the court itself has previously warned that the reports must be limited to the purpose for which the analysis of the documentary material is authorized and that at no time is an indiscriminate study of the data permitted.”

In his opinion, “it is clear that, since the beginning of the case, in 2020, the actions of the police force have only responded to the effort to discredit me without arranging to exceed the legal limits that it must follow.”

Finally, the former president regretted “the unjustified and gratuitous vandalism with which it attempted to destroy the image of amalgam, which also does not deserve to be the object or victim of a distorted report based only on opinions, speculations and material taken out of its real and private context. I want to openly defend the honor, professionalism and honesty of Amalgam”.