Socialists in Valencia to appeal against not guilty verdict for Francisco Camps

Socialists in Valencia to appeal against not guilty verdict for Francisco Camps
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By h.b. - Feb 10, 2012 - 5:40 PM
The prosecutor is not going to launch an appeal, but the Socialists say they do as as corruption should not escape unpunished.

Francisco Camps and Ricardo Costa - EFE

The Socialist Party in Valencia, PSPV, has confirmed that it is to appeal against the not guilty verdict handed down on Francisco Camps and Ricardo Costa is the suits part of the Gürtel case.

A statement from the Valencia PSOE said they will be presenting an appeal to the Supreme Court. The party had taken part in the original private accusation against the ex President of the Valencia region and his ex General Secretary where Camps and Costa were absolved on the alleged crime of passive bribery.

The appeal by the Socialists comes despite the fact that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office said they would not appeal the verdict as they could not see ‘sufficient legal base’ to do so.

On Twitter the Secretary General of the PSOE, Jorge Alarte, said it was the ‘obligation’ of the socialists to present this appeal which they owe to ‘the thousands of residents of Valencia who do not share the verdict’.
‘We do so for responsibility, for our ideas, and because corruption cannot be unpunished’. He noted that there needs to be zero tolerance of corruption, and noted the Gürtel case saw 30 million € of public money being lost.

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