Author: Roman Rios | EFE
Bartomeu asked the referee not to admit the white team, but the prosecutor’s report points out that any club that played in the competition with Barcelona can be considered aggrieved
The processing supported that it is Real Madrid accept as a private suit in The case of Negreirowhen it is taken into account that the white club could be damaged by millions of payments Barcelona former vice president Technical Committee of Judges (CTA) Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
According to legal sources, the Office of the Anti-Corruption Prosecution has submitted a submission to the judge investigating the case, in which it advocates that Real Madrid raise the charge as an injured party in open civil proceedings.
On the contrary, the defense in the case in which Barcelona and the former presidents of the Barça club are being investigated Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, They objected en bloc to Real Madrid being accepted as a private accusation because they do not understand that the payments to Negreira have harmed the club.
Bartomeu, who is one of the former presidents of Barcelona under investigation, also highlighted in his appeal the issue of procedural economy in order not to recognize Madrid’s performance, given that “The league or federation, entities to which Madrid is affiliated, and which organize competitions in which this team participates, are already involved in the case».
After the parties’ reports are received, Barcelona’s No. 1 investigative court must decide whether to allow Madrid to join private prosecution in the case, which has so far been handled by VAR referee Xavier Estrada Fernández — the first to bring charges against Negreira — and the Liga.
Despite the fact that the League includes various football clubs in Spain, Real Madrid decided to present itself as a separate prosecution, believing that it may have been harmed in a case of alleged corruption in the sport.
Along with Real Madrid, the judge investigating the “Negreiro case” has yet to decide whether to accept as charges the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the High Sports Council, which have also appeared in the case.
The investigating judge, according to legal sources, does not plan to call the people investigated in the lawsuit to testify until she receives the reports she requested from the Civil Guard on the reason why Barcelona paid 7.3 million euros to Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018, of course verbal advice.
The case examines both the complaint filed by Estrada and the criminal charges of corruption among individuals, malfeasance and forgery filed by the prosecution, which has been investigating the alleged payments to Negreira for nearly a year.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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