The lawyer of Juan Carlos I, Javier Sanchez-Junco, Last October, he advised his client that it was better not to return to Spain until the two investigations he had open at the time had been closed: that of the prosecution and that of the Tax agency. At the beginning of that month it had been leaked that the public ministry was going to file the proceedings, but Sánchez-Junco then warned the emeritus that, although that closure decree would arrive soon (in the end it was delayed until March), his recommendation was that, to return to Spain, he had to wait for the Treasury to close (something that has not yet happened).
According to what EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA has learned, in October Sánchez-Junco had already received a visit from an inspector from the Tax Agency to request information about some expenses of Juan Carlos I and for that reason his fear that, if he returned, the Treasury could summon him to him directly to claim data. “That would be fatal for the monarchy and for the figure of King Juan Carlos himself, because he does not have detailed information on these things and it would not be helpful,” sources close to the emeritus point out.
The desire to step on Spain again of the former head of state, however, prevailed. Sánchez-Junco told him that then the visit should be as short as possible. Finally, the emeritus traveled to Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) and Madrid in mid-May, when the prosecution’s investigation had already been closed, but the trip was express: five days and with a weekend in between. The brevity was due to the discomfort of the displacement for Felipe VI himself and the Government, but also to the fear of that possible call from the Tax Agency.
“[La citación] it would be fatal for the monarchy and for the figure of King Juan Carlos himself, because he does not have detailed information on these things and it would not be helpful,” sources close to the emeritus point out.
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