Begoña Gómez, wife of President Pedro Sánchez, has requested the judge's authorization to travel to a NATO summit in Turkey and to her daughter's graduation in England. The request comes after she surrendered her passport by court order. Gómez plans to use an official aircraft with presidential security, which for the public reflects privileged treatment in an ongoing judicial process.
The judicial algorithm that differentiates between ordinary citizens and VIPs 🏛️
In the management of judicial processes, the handling of cases involving political figures exposes a technological and procedural asymmetry. While a standard citizen must submit to strict mobility controls without access to official resources, Gómez's defense argues that these trips are necessary due to her status as the president's wife. The judicial system, based on risk protocols, must now assess whether presidential security justifies exceptions that current tracking technology could manage more equitably.
NATO, the graduation, and the passport: a business class journey ✈️
Gómez's strategy is reminiscent of a Monopoly game where you have the get-out-of-jail-free card, but you also ask for a private jet to go collect the prize. Asking for permission to go to NATO and also to your daughter's graduation is like asking the judge for a weekend at a spa with an escort. In the end, the judge will decide whether these trips are official or simply a whim with an escort paid for by everyone.