Jordi Pujol reveals family kept money abroad

  • Pujol, 83, was one of the founders in 1974 of the Convergence and Union coalition

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26.07.2014 - 15:30

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Former president Jordi Pujol said Friday his family kept undeclared money abroad for over 30 years and apologised for the “mistake”. In a statement Jordi Pujol, who headed the Catalan government  from 1980 to 2003, said his father left an undisclosed amount of money which he stored abroad to his wife and seven children on his death in September 1980. “In recent days members of my family have regularised this inheritance,” he added.

“I am the only one responsible for these actions and their consequences and I want to express this publicly as well as my willingness to appear before tax authorities, or if needed, judical authorities, to explain these facts and stop insinuations.” Pujol, 83, was one of the founders in 1974 of the Convergence and Union coalition.

The CiU and its leaders had long argued that reports that Pujol’s family held money abroad were “defamation campaigns” so “it would not be too much to ask that they apologize to Catalans now”, he added. For his part Mas said Pujol’s revelation “was a personal matter”.

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