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Taula case
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On March 15, 2016, Barberá appeared before the media just a day after the judge of Taula case gave her the chance to declare voluntarily in court to announce she accepted the judge's offer. The instructor observed signs of money laundering crime when she was mayor of Valencia and charged the Valencian PP. On the same day, the PP's Rights and Guarantees committee opened a file against Barberá and 54 investigated in Taula Case.[1]
On April 21, 2016, the judge ordered the Supreme Court to charge Rita Barberá of money laundering.[2] On September 12, 2016, the Supreme Court decided to open a criminal investigation for an alleged offence of money laundering when she was mayor of Valencia. [3] The PP requested her to renounce as senator, but she decided to leave the party and join the mixt group, thus preserving her privilege not to be judged by an ordinary court and her salary. [4] On october 20, the Supreme Court summoned her to testify as charged with money laundering, finally testifying on November 22. [5] However, she couldn't be judged, as she died two days after testifying in the Supreme Court, from a heart attack in a hotel in Madrid, where she had gone to attend the plenary session of the Senate. [6]
Criticism and controversy
[edit]The use of the Valencian language
[edit]She knew some Valencian, even though it wasn't her mother tongue. This didn't stop her from trying to express herself in this language, being target of controversy and jokes. One remarkable example is the incident that took place in the crida of the fallas in 2015 (the announcement of this festivity). She tried to give her speech in Valencian. It had a lot of grammatical mistakes, unfinished sentences and Spanish words. She was harshly criticised by the opposition and parodied in different medias. [7][8] One of the most repeated word in the speech "el caloret" (according to the regulations of the Academia Valenciana de la Lengua the correct form would be "la caloreta") it became trending topic in the social media and target of numerous memes and jokes.[9][10] That's why Barberá apologised, although she thought the controversy was out of proportions, as she strongly believed the word "caloret" existed in Valencian.[11]
Others
[edit]There were others controversies during her mandates like Valencia Metro derailment, where 43 people died and its investigation was hastily closed; budgetary overspending and continuous constructive problems in the City of Arts and Sciences; the exorbitant cost of the F1, [12] afterwards abandoned or the useles buildings left by Copa America. [13]
- ^ "El PP abre expediente a Barberá y a todo su equipo en Valencia". El País. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Zafra, Ignacio. «El juez pide al Supremo que impute a Rita Barberá por blanqueo de capitales.» El País. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Nieto, Juan. «El Supremo investigará a Rita Barberá por blanquear fondos del PP de Valencia.» El Mundo. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Junquera, Natalia. «Rita Barberá se da de baja en el PP pero se aferra al escaño en el Senado.» El País. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Águeda, Pedro. «El Tribunal Supremo cita como imputada a Rita Barberá el 21 de noviembre» El Diario. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
muerewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "El 'caloret' de Rita Barberá". El Mundo. Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Redacción (22 February 2015). "El 'caloret' de Rita enciende las redes en defensa del valenciano". www.valenciaplaza.com. Ediciones Valencia Plaza SL. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Redacción (23 February 2015). "El 'caloret' de Rita Barberá". www.elmundo.es. Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Redacción (23 February 2015). "Los mejores 'memes' del 'caloret' de Rita Barberá". www.eldiario.es. El Diario de Prensa Digital S.L. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Redacción (3 March 2015). "Barberá defiende que la palabra 'caloret' existe y cree "desproporcionada" la polémica generada". El Periódico. GRUPO ZETA. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Vázquez, Cristina (18 December 2015). "Los restos del naufragio". El País. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Atienza, Héctor (7 February 2016). "Lo que queda de la Valencia de Copa América". Nauta 360. Retrieved 17 September 2016.