Lie in the CV? Politicians of the three of the fastest parties forged their biographies

In less than two weeks, three current and former politicians of the three largest political parties in Spain resigned from their positions after providing false information about their education and qualifications.

A more meticulous looking at the lives of politicians began with the resignation of the 33-year-old MP of the opposition People's Party (PP) Noelii Nunezwho claimed that she had a diploma in law and administration, which turned out to be not true. Nunez gave up all the positions held.

A week later he had to resign Jose Maria Angel Batallthis time the politician of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), who supervised the reconstruction of the areas destroyed by last year's flood in Valencia. He kept the battle in his CV that in the 1980s he received a diploma at the university in Valencia, which was opened at this university much later.

The last case of fraud in a biography applies Ignacio Herrery, former member of the radical right -wing Vox party. A regional politician from Estremadura, responsible for managing forests and land in this autonomous community located in the west of Spain, claimed – like Batall – that he obtained a marketing diploma at the University of CEU at a time when such a direction was not there yet.

“Spanish politicians do not have to have a higher education to sit in the national parliament, but officials are exposed to social pressure to show off academic diplomas, which emphasize their suitability for performing public functions,” noted Politico.

The controversy around the biographies of politicians is not new in Spain. In 2018, the Minister of Health in the first government of Pedro Sanchez – Carmen Monton She resigned after journalists revealed that a large part of her master's thesis was plagiarism. At that time, the prime minister himself did not avoid accusations of fraud in his doctoral dissertation; The Spanish government decided to publish Sanchez's trial to repel these allegations.

In the material published on Saturday on the Spanish public radio and television broadcaster, it was noted that the problem of falsification of biographies and dishonest overstating qualifications is becoming more frequent, not only among politicians.

“Liance about a diploma, a course or language that you have not mastered, not only has legal or employment -related consequences. It also harms reputation and his own professional development,” said Julio Garcia, quoted by RTVE – an expert of the Spanish Casa Verde Foundation.

From Madrid Marcin Furdyna (PAP)

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