Overview
- The Anticorruption Prosecutor has filed a formal written accusation charging José María González 'Kichi' with prevarication (abuse of office) and revelation of secrets and has opened the path toward a criminal trial.
- Prosecutors say a trusted aide, Fernando García Acuña, worked as an undeclared adviser inside the Cádiz town hall, used a private office, gave instructions to municipal technicians and accessed confidential information without proper authority.
- Investigators relied on evidence gathered by the police UDEF, including emails and WhatsApp messages that prosecutors say show García Acuña drafting or directing municipal contract documents and telling staff what to include in official files.
- The prosecution asks for a €10,800 fine and 18 years of disqualification from elective office at local, regional, national or European levels; Kichi currently works as a secondary‑school teacher and could continue in that job if convicted but would be barred from holding elected posts.
- The case began with a complaint from the CCOO union and was examined by Juzgado nº2 de Cádiz during the investigation, and now proceeds through the courts with trial proceedings expected to follow the accusation.