Spanish government decries ‘mudslinging campaign’ as PM’s wife summoned
Al Jazeera
Government spokesman slams right and far-right parties for going after Begona Gomez.
A Spanish court has summoned the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as part of a corruption investigation that the government has denounced as a political hit job.
Begona Gomez is to appear in court on July 5 to answer questions about allegations that she used her position to influence business deals, a Madrid-based court said on Tuesday.
Gomez has yet to publicly address the case, but Sanchez has called it a “smear campaign” to damage the leftist coalition government led by his Socialist Workers’ Party.
Spanish government spokeswoman Pilar Alegria told reporters on Tuesday that the probe involving Gomez is based on “lies and disinformation” and the government knows “there is absolutely nothing here.”
“What we have here is a mudslinging campaign by the right and the far right, the Popular Party and Vox,” she said after the weekly cabinet meeting.
