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In parallel to this legal and technical preparation, in Genoa they also finalize other types of details, more aesthetic or image than judicial . Although Javier Arenas and María Dolores de Cospedal will attend the National Court on different days - the former minister on Tuesday the 13th, the general secretary on Wednesday the 14th - they both have an 'action sheet' , a script that they will follow strictly before, during, and after his statement before Judge Ruz. PP leaders and official party spokespersons have explained to El Confidencial Digital the details of how the two 'popular' senior officials are going to behave, the strategy designed on the advice of their advisors: -- They will go without a lawyer . The sources consulted explain that Cospedal and Arenas will appear at the National Court without any legal representation. From Genoa they explain this decision like this: “ The lawyers are handled by the accused, not the witnesses .” The sources consulted add that both leaders "will only limit themselves to answering the questions asked by the judge, and for that they do not need legal assistance in court." Access by car -- They will not deliver any documentation . The objective of Cospedal and Arenas is “to demonstrate that there has been no 'B' accounting in the PP.” To do this, "they will provide all the necessary explanations", but they will not deliver any type of documentation: " All the reports that the judge might need have already been previously delivered to the National Court," say the sources consulted.
Cospedal has considered entering by car . Once the judicial summons to the 'popular' leaders was known, both confirmed that they would attend the Court in person and would not take advantage of the possibility of testifying from their office as authorized by Special Database Judge Ruz. Since the match it was assumed that both would enter the court on foot, but María Dolores de Cospedal is now considering accessing the building by car, through the garage. This is stated by the sources consulted by ECD, close to the general secretary herself. However, they clarify, " we will have to wait for the instructions of the National Court itself, and the Police , to know if for safety reasons it is better to enter by car than on foot." Declarations at departure -- Statements upon leaving the court . In the absence of knowing whether or not the leaders enter on foot, the party's intention is for Cospedal and Arenas to later attend to the media, outside, after their statement. To do this, the PP press officers will travel to the National Court to prepare with journalists a round of questions when the two witnesses leave the court: “They want to show their faces and they will also answer the media,” the sources explain. . Adolfo Prego's law firm The sources consulted by ECD reveal that María Dolores de Cospedal and Javier Arenas are receiving legal advice from the Adolfo Prego law firm . This office has already handled Cospedal's own complaint against Luis Bárcenas , and that of the PP against Izquierda Unida.
The party has “absolute confidence ” in the work of Adolfo Prego, who has extensive experience: he has been a magistrate of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court and a member of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). The general secretary is the jurist's greatest supporter, who has centralized the party's entire judicial strategy since the so-called 'Bárcenas case' was uncovered. Without fear of the Cascos declaration The summons of Cospedal and Arenas do not keep the national leadership of the PP up at night, where it is considered that "it is a good opportunity to give the pertinent explanations and for the truth to be known." And the party leadership is also not concerned about the statement made by Francisco Álvarez-Cascos , who will appear at the National Court on Tuesday, at 11:30, an hour before Javier Arenas. Even though the former Minister of Development left the party through the 'back door' and was very angry with the current leadership, in Genoa it is taken for granted that "he will not attack us because it would be throwing stones at his own roof ," say the sources consulted. In this sense, they remember that “Cascos, during his time as general secretary, was known as general secretary because he carried everything. He now has the opportunity to defend the accounting of what was his party .
