The former official described the punishment imposed by the Third Civil Chamber of San Salvador as “political persecution,” according to the newspaper Collatino.
Gonzalez pointed out that “under this authoritarian, corrupt, neo-fascist political regime, within four years the constitutional, democratic and legal state has been dismantled, and vindictive political cases have been fabricated and installed, without any basis, such as those committed against me and my family.”
The Chamber declared the presence of illicit enrichment without just cause by the former representative in the amount of three thousand 892.57 dollars, while his wife Sonia Ernestina Gonzalez amounted to 66 thousand 809 dollars and his son Luis Antonio Gonzalez Portal in the amount of seven thousand and 500 dollars. .
Colatino specified that the amount that will be returned to the state is $78,201,000, which is a lower figure than what the prosecution initially requested, when it accused the family group of illegal enrichment in the amount of $153,346.
Gonzalez noted that a case was brought “where there was no wrongdoing or crime of any kind; for them, my crime is being a FMLN militant, persistent in fighting and condemning the construction of a corrupt and fascist authoritarian regime.”
“By not finding anything and not being able to prove any wrongdoing, they intend to sentence me to a fine, because I supposedly did not prove to the local administration the amount of three thousand dollars of my salary in my expenses over a period of 10 years.” He said.
He added: “By lying and perversion, they want to call me 'corrupt', in a timely and cynically calculated operation, and fabricate a 'condemnation' only about three weeks before the electoral event.” Regarding the ruling, he said he would appeal, according to Colatino.
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