Spanish justice today sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in prison a former minister and representative of the conservative government of Jose Maria Atnar, who was found guilty of corruption when he was head of the Valencia region. Eduardo Thaplana, aged 68 and a former executive of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), was convicted of dereliction of duty, money laundering, corruption and using forgeries, fined more than 25 million euros and banned from holding public office for almost 18 years . Eduardo Thaplana, who can appeal the decision, led the Valencia region from 1995 to 2002, when he joined the government of José María Athnar as labor minister and representative, positions he held until 2004. Eduardo Thaplana was on trial for taking bribes to issue MOT licenses in the district he headed. In the context of this case, he was temporarily imprisoned in May 2018, at the same time as the People’s Party was being condemned […]
Source: News Beast
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