Spanish prosecutor recommends five years in jail for former PP treasurer


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Apr 2015

Luis Barcenas, former treasurer of Spain's ruling People's Party (PP), arrives at the High Court, where he is required to check in three times per week, in central Madrid February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - Two former treasurers of Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) should face five years in jail if found guilty of charges related to running a slush fund at the party, the country's public prosecutor said on Monday.

The case against Luis Barcenas and Alvaro de Lapuerta, who ran the party's accounts from 1990 until 2009, is an embarrassment to Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

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