The Seville Court issued an order on December 22 in which it informed the eight former high-ranking officials of the Andalusian Junta sentenced to prison terms for embezzlement that they had 10 calendar days to enter a prison.
Both former President José Antonio Griñán and the former Deputy Minister of Employment Agustín Barberá have requested the suspension of this measure after alleging that they suffer from serious illnesses, and forensic doctors must now confirm that maintaining a good state of health is incompatible with their stay in the jail.
The convicts had until 11:59 p.m. this Monday to enter the prison of their choice and Penitentiary Institutions have confirmed the imprisonment of former counselors Antonio Fernández, José Antonio Viera, Francisco Vallejo and Carmen Martínez Aguayo, as well as former vice counselor Jesús María Rodríguez and the former director of the Idea agency Miguel Ángel Serrano.
These are the former high officials of the Board convicted of embezzlement and the reasons given by the Provincial Court for making its decision:
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