Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy apologized on Tuesday for the first time for corruption scandals affecting members of his ruling Peoples Party and pledged to do more to clean up Spanish politics. It was the first time the prime minister had explicitly apologized despite judicial investigations continuing against party members during the last three years since the PP won general elections. I apologize in the name of the PP to all Spaniards for having appointed people to positions who werent worthy of them and who seem to have taken advantage of them, Rajoy told Spains upper parliamentary house, the Senate. His apology came the day Angel Acebes, a former interior minister and secretary general of the PP, appeared in the High Court over allegations the PP ran a slushfund. Rajoy was criticized for not quickly dismissing Luis Barcenas, a former PP treasurer who is being held in custody in relation to the slushfund allegations. On Monday, 51 people were arrested over alleged backhanders to secure public contracts, including several PP mayors and Francisco Granados, a former conservative deputy president of the Madrid region who resigned in February after it was revealed he had millions of euros in a Swiss bank account.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:11:43 +0000
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