“No Secret Book” says Luis Barcenas; Another Sideshow Diversion

Courtesy of Mish.

The ongoing political scandal in Spain is unfolding as expected, with a hell of a lot of mud slinging.

In case you are new to the story please consider Ledger Book Shows Rajoy Received 35 Payments Totaling €322,231; Rajoy’s Incredulous Denial; Anger Rises

Next consider the amusing threats and carefully-crafted denials of the day as noted by the Huffington Post (Spanish edition) article “No Secret Book“.

The PP extesorero exgerente and Luis Barcenas has said on Monday that the secret papers released last week by the newspaper El País are “blatant manipulation”.

“There has not been a secret book “, [Barcenas] told Antena 3 on the door of his home, located in one of the most luxurious areas of Madrid. Barcenas has revealed that his lawyers are preparing lawsuits against media outlets that have posted entries.

Within hours of the country publish the secret documents that linked much of the dome of the PP with the collection of bonuses in black, Barcenas issued a statement assuring that in the years when he was manager and treasurer of the PP never realized leaders payments not covered by accounting officially declared , nor was any record of inflows or outflows of funds other than those stated.

FULL STATEMENT OF Luis Barcenas

“Given the news published in different media and particularly in today’s edition of the newspaper” El País “hereby means I come to reveal the following:

1. In the years when I was manager and later treasurer’s Party, never carried or me or any other person record of inflows or outflows of funds other than those officially declared by the party.
2. At least during the said period, never delivered any of the persons mentioned by the newspaper “El País“, or any other amounts that have not been appropriately reflected in the only existing accounts in the Party.
3. Throughout the repeated period, there was also in the party donation or contribution that did not meet any applicable regulations and / or was not properly reflected in the accounts of the Party and entered in the current account of donations.
4. In strict compliance with the Act, the accounts of the Party was always presented to the Court of Auditors for audit, that court issuing appropriate reports throughout the said period blameless in the matter.
5. Never in the many years of service I had the honor to play in the Popular Party consented, I hosted or perform any action that might involve a breach of the Act or the strict ethical principles of the Party.
6. Whenever I tried to act with the utmost transparency in managing revenues and expenses of the party, as I know Lapuerta also made Alvaro, and if I make a mistake-as-I certainly was not getting any money or taking accounting parallel other than the only one existing in the Party.
7. I reserve all legal actions, civil and criminal, amparen me to the manifest contempt for the truth and to me that is being carried out by those released to the public today falsehoods as those collected by “The Country”.
8. Finally I wish to record my deep expresses regret at the unfair damage you want to do with these false information to people who, with Mariano Rajoy at the front, I’ve always shown a high moral, professional and personal, blameless.

Mish Comments

• I accept the fact there is “no secret book”. It has been published and thus is no longer a secret.
• Reserving legal actions is pointless. Unless newspapers knowingly published a false book, charges are ridiculous.
• If Barcenas can prove he legally acquired the money for the slush fund, he should do so immediately.
• If Rajoy can prove he paid taxes on the amounts received, he should also do so immediately.

Whether you are new to the story or not, let’s review comments I made earlier today in Ledger Book Shows Rajoy Received 35 Payments Totaling €322,231; Rajoy’s Incredulous Denial; Anger Rises

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