The Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Las Palmas has requested a sentence of one and a half years in prison for the former president of the Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés, for a crime of perjury in the case of the Tourist Centers, of which he was the complainant and which ended up being dismissed.
In addition, the Public Ministry demands that a fine of 4,050 euros be imposed, with "subsidiary personal responsibility in case of non-payment", which would imply increasing the prison sentence.
This investigation was initiated by the complaint of the daughter of the businessman Antonio González, who spent a decade accused due to San Ginés' complaint. After the dismissal of that case, the family of the deceased businessman took action against him.
Last February, Court Number 2 of Arrecife concluded the investigation, concluding that there were "rational indications of criminality" in his actions, and opening the period to present the indictments.
Now, the Prosecutor's Office has already registered its own, classifying the events as a crime of perjury, which is the one committed by the witness who "lies in a judicial case".
"Manifest contempt for the truth"
In its indictment, the Prosecutor's Office recalls that San Ginés, being president of the Cabildo and the Tourist Centers, went on November 11, 2009 to the Civil Guard barracks in Costa Teguise, "to report irregularities in the contracting of certain services committed by various people, among whom were Don Antonio González Medina and the entity Climafrical", of which he was the owner and sole administrator.
"With the intention of distorting the objective truth, with manifest contempt for it, he declared before the Civil Guard agents, in addition to presenting a written complaint signed by the accused," says prosecutor Ramona Muñoz.
In addition, she emphasizes that San Ginés later testified on two occasions in the Courts, in the proceedings that were opened after his complaint. "On July 13, 2011, he testified as a witness, under oath or promise to tell the truth, and again stated, distorting the objective truth, the same irregularities," the indictment states.
Afterwards, he testified again when the case was transferred to another Court, when it was combined with another complaint filed through the Tourist Centers. "The accused, again, with manifest contempt for the objective truth, on October 21, 2019, gave a new testimonial statement in which he maintained the accusations made in his previous police and judicial actions," adds the Prosecutor's Office, which recalls that these proceedings ended up being dismissed in November 2019, with a ruling that is now final, and which concluded that there was no evidence of a crime in the actions of Antonio González.
