The judge agrees to allow Jordi Pujol Ferrusola to benefit from the increase in the interprofessional minimum wage

His accounts have been blocked for eight years for the cause in which the origin of the Pujol clan's heritage is investigated

MADRID, 10 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The judge of the National Court that is investigating the origin of the family patrimony of the Pujol clan has agreed to the request of the son of the former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia Jordi Pujol Ferrusola and gives the green light to apply the increase in the minimum professional wage and you can have your account of 1,260 euros per month, compared to the 1,167.66 euros that you could withdraw up to now.

This is reflected in a ruling by magistrate Santiago Pedraz, to which Europa Press has had access, in which he adopts this decision after previously consulting with the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor María Belén Suárez Pantín, who on March 7 found no inconvenience to that update in light of Royal Decree 99/2023 of February 14.

In a previous brief, Pujol Ferrusola's defense reminded the judge that already in March 2022 he agreed to partially unlock one of his accounts so that he could have an amount equivalent to the minimum interprofessional salary every month. And that now, the eldest son of the 'expresident' -who has had his assets blocked for eight years in the framework of the investigation that is being followed in the National Court- wanted the amount to be updated by virtue of the increase recently approved by government.

"Since the minimum interprofessional salary has been updated for the year 2023, by means of this document we are interested in the Court agreeing to order CaixaBank SA that the monthly amount to be released in favor of Mr. Pujol be 1,260 euros", indicated the lawyer Cristóbal Martell.

Throughout the investigation, Pujol Ferrusola has stressed that the court imposed on him in 2015 as a precautionary measure "the control of his economic life, even in its most prosaic areas, such as accrual and payments of municipal taxes, has been absolute " . Consequently, he has assured that he "has had to count on the direct and disinterested financial support of his closest relatives to face ordinary day-to-day expenses."

It should be remembered that the head of the Central Court of Instruction Number 5 opened an oral trial against the former Catalan president and his seven children, including Jordi Pujol Ferrusola, for being part of an alleged criminal organization that would have enriched himself for decades with corrupt activities using his position policy.

The Prosecutor's Office requests 9 years in prison for the former president of Catalonia and 29 for his eldest son for alleged crimes of criminal organization or illicit association, money laundering, against the Public Treasury, document falsification and frustration of the execution in relation to the management of his heritage.