MALLORCA TODAY - Eight and a half years for Matas called for

The first of the cases against the former Balearics president Jaume Matas is coming to an end. The prosecution are calling for a a sentence of eight and a half years for allegedly fraudulent payments made from public funds to a journalist, Antonio Alemany, who was Matas's speech-writer. This case is just one element of the so-called Palma Arena corruption affair.