http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/01/23/inenglish/1358946996_404639.html
As an internal inquiry gets underway into illegal cash payments allegedly made to party leaders, the Popular Party (PP) on Tuesday began looking at ways it can call in witnesses to testify before a panel and sign a clean-conduct oath without infringing their legal rights.
Sources at the PP said that party treasurer Carmen Navarro and legal advisor Alberto Durán will be calling in a host of current and past officials, alleged to have received fat cash bonuses for expenses and representation fees along with their generous salaries over the years. The focus of the investigation will center on the sources of those funds.
On Monday, former PP Deputy José Trías Sagnier acknowledged that members of the party regularly received large amounts of cash along with their normal salaries, but said he couldn't be sure if they came from anonymous donations.
The investigation comes after the PP was rocked by reports that Swiss authorities passed on information to a Spanish court concerning a 22-million-euro secret account belonging to former party treasurer Luis Bárcenas.
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