Spain Press Review - Wednesday June 17 2009
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By h.b. - Jun 17, 2009 - 9:42 AM
The events on the streets of Tehran dominate many of the Spanish front pages today

El Mundo has a photo of protestors in the street, saying that they ignored the censure to protest against the election result yet again. The paper says that Ahmadineyad has mobilised his loyalists and is trying to silence the opposition.
Público headlines that popular pressure has obliged Iran to recount the votes, but the paper notes too that the regime is buttoning down the hatches and has restricted the movement of journalists and has arrested more reformist leaders. They will revise some results, but have rejected the request to annul the elections.
El País highlights the crackdown on the press and says the Guardians are to revise the votes, but have ruled out holding new elections.
ABC says that Islamic militia have imposed terror to repress the energy of the opposition. The paper says there has been at least nine deaths.

El País notes that Spain is to accept at least three Syrian and Tunisian prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. The Government will welcome Obama’s envoy today.

ABC leads with the headline that Spain will have a two day wait to take part in a marginal meeting at the next G8 summit which starts on July 8. The paper says that Zapatero will only be taking part in a session on the tenth on food safety. ABC says the Government is confident of changing the official program.

El Mundo quotes García Sertutxa and his instruction to fellow ETA prisoners ahead of their planned helicopter jailbreak in Huelva which has now been discovered by the authorities.
‘We’ll take you through the air in a harness, as if it were a nappy’
El Mundo also notes that the girlfriend of one of the ETA prisoners smuggled a note from him out of prison in her bra.

El Mundo leads again with allegations against Alberto Saiz, the head of the CNI, Spanish secret service. The paper says he is alleged to have used CNI resources for personal ends, and even ordered two agents to clean his swimming pool, that a family member’s potato crop is purchased by the CNI in its entirety each year, and that he uses the fridges in the intelligence service to keep the joints which result from his hunting exhibitions. The paper also alleges that he tapped the phone for a friend who wanted to spy on his cleaner.

El Mundo notes that the prosecutor in the Andalucian High Court is to investigate the ‘Caso Chaves’ where the ex President of the Junta de Andalucía is accused of favouring a company where his daughter was working.

ABC says that the Socialist party now accepts controls on the use of military Falcon jets by the Prime Minister.

Público notes that the State is acting legally against the alleged PP corruption in the Gürtel case. The Abogacía del Estado will be acting in defence of the public interest in the alleged fiscal crimes. The paper says the PSOE is tightening the screw on Mariano Rajoy, and notes that Esperanza Aguirre, is refusing to present the accounts of the PP foundation Fundescam, implicated in party funding irregularities.
El País leads with the revelation that the Supreme Court is to investigate whether Bárcenas was laundering money in the Caribbean. The paper tells us that the Supreme Court will take on the case, having been given the green light to do so from the prosecutor, and notes too that Hacienda has presented its own accusation.

Público notes that the Governor of the Bank of Spain is insisting in making sackings in Spain cheaper.
El País says the bank has asked for a fixed contract with a cheaper sacking clause.

El País has a front page photo of the Prime Minister with the Development Minister and the President of Cataluña at the official opening of the Terminal One at El Prat airport in Barcelona. The terminal saw its first flight this morning. The paper says after the airport – now the financing (for the region).
ABC has the same photo of Zapatero, Blanco, and Montilla and says that Cataluña will have a finance plan to suit.
La Vanguardia has a large photo of the new terminal and the headline ‘The best terminal’.

El Mundo notes that the Caja Madrid loan to Real Madrid, which will pay part of the transfer fee for Cristiano Ronaldo, has a payback date of two years.
Público has an interview with the Real Madrid manager, Florentino Pérez, who says ‘Describing the Cristiano deal as immoral is the fruit of ignorance’.

And finally,
Publico’s science pages today take a look at gay animals, leading today with the lesbian albatrosses.

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