King Emeritus will take Revilla to the Court after not attending the failed act of conciliation | Spain

King Juan Carlos insists on taking the former president of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla, to justice, accusing him of attacks against his right to honor before the recurring criticism of the politician about the monarch. The news, advanced by The Montañés newspaper and confirmed by Europa Press, implies that the emeritus will sit in a court in court and have known days after Juan Carlos did not go to a conciliation act Convened in the courts of Santander in search of reaching an understanding between the parties.

The former regionalist director admitted that he feared that King Juan Carlos persisted in his judicial movement and that at 83 he had to declare before a judge. The emeritus claims 50,000 euros, which would dedicate to solidarity purposes, for « slanderous and insulting expressions » poured into books or appearances. Revilla persevered in his position in the act of conciliation and urged the complainant to « repatriate all the money. »

The Emeritus movement ratifies the ineffectiveness of the conciliation ceremony held last Friday in the Court of Instruction 13 of Santander. There came the legal representatives of the parties and the Revilla itself, but not the emeritus before the non -obligation to appear. Juan Carlos was last week in Galicia, Participating in regattas, and right there he expressed his null will to attend the Cantabrian Court. Revilla appeared before the media to express their anger and discontent with the cause, in addition to predicting, as has ended up happening, which will have to be seen with a judge. « I hope it comes if this ends in trial, » said the politician, who insisted on appealing to his judicial rival to « repatriate all the money » and ask for « really forgiveness » for the irregularities attributed to him and for which he broke with the royal house to the point of moving to live on Abu Dhabi.

The former regionalist president of Cantabria He admitted last week the probable destination of the process towards a trial: « We have not reconciled anything. I stay in what I have said. Maybe there may be some verbal excess in which I sometimes speak of ‘corrupt’ or ‘alleged corrupt’, of ‘criminal’ or ‘alleged criminal. » « I have not stolen, I am a normal citizen who meets his obligations, » he said at the same time that he recalled that he has historically supported the king, but that the recently known information about him made him change his mind: « I have been a defender of the king, but what we have known is terrible, I do not shut up the injustices. »

Revilla detailed that it has been allowed to « clarify » and that the other party requires him to accept that he has « lied »which denied: « I have not lied, what I have done is drink from the sources where the information has obtained. » « I said what most Spaniards think, » he said. His lawyer, also a member of the PRC, ratified his client: « As a public character, regarding another public character and depending on the public interest, he has made a series of expressions. That among public persons the jurisprudence makes it clear that there is more freedom. »

Revilla has published several books where he criticizes King Emeritus, has also frequently loaded against television programs or media interventions. These messages have generated the reaction of the aforementioned, who denounced those « slanderous and insulting expressions » that according to him and his defense attempts against his right to honor and for which They claim 50,000 euros of compensation, money that would allocate for social purposes.