The Government has shown its rejection of the decision by the court investigating Begoña Gómez, wife of President Pedro Sánchez, to prevent her from traveling to the NATO summit that begins this Tuesday in Ankara (Turkey), a resolution that in Moncloa they consider "incomprehensible".
Because the investigating judge in the case against Gómez, Juan Carlos Peinado, is already on vacation, the decision has fallen to the substitute magistrate, Antonio Viejo, who has partially granted the request submitted by Gómez's defense.
The judge authorizes Gómez to travel to the United Kingdom to attend one of her daughters' graduations, but denies her travel to the Atlantic Alliance meeting, after Peinado withdrew her passport as a precautionary measure due to the risk of flight.
In a ruling released this Monday afternoon, Magistrate Viejo argues that "Turkey does not belong to the European Union's area of freedom, security, and justice, where police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters is facilitated by its institutional structure."
The judge further emphasizes that Gómez's presence in Ankara is solely for reasons of "international institutional courtesy" and that she does not play an "active role" in the summit. These reasons have not satisfied the Presidency of the Government, where the judicial decision is openly questioned.