西班牙官员否认腐败指控

 　　MADRID, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two former senior officials of Spain's ruling People's Party denied on Tuesday any wrong-doing in their testimony¹ to a court concerning the accusations² levelled against them in the ongoing³ corruption⁴ scandal.

　　Former PP Treasurer⁵ Luis Barcenas has accused Francisco Alvarez Cascos and Javier Arenas⁶, former general secretaries of the ruling party along with other high-ranking PP members including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, of receiving illegal cash payments.

　　Barcenas is currently in preventive custody⁷ after he was found to have 46 million euros in Swiss Bank accounts, presumably as a result of illegal payments from the proceeds of donations to the party from many Spanish companies.

　　According to judicial⁸ sources the pair both flatly denied they had been paid illegal payments, as stated by Barcenas, adding that all of the payments they have received from their party were declared to the Spanish Treasury⁹ and subsequently taxed.

　　However, the same sources say that the pair both admitted there was a complete lack of control when it came to donations to PP funds.

　　Spanish television network RTVE reported that both Alvarez Cascos and Arenas confirmed that no mechanism¹⁰ had been put into place to ensure that their party fulfilled the obligations of the Law of Financing Political Parties, which was approved in 1985, or Spain's General Electoral Regime.

　　The pair admitted that they have never asked whether or such controls existed during their respective spells as the party's general secretary.

　　However, Arenas and Alvarez Cascos' declarations were contradicted by Cristobal Paez, who succeeded Barcenas as PP party Treasurer. He admitted receiving illegal payments in the neighborhood of 12,000 euros, saying the payments were made in 500 euro notes and not declared to tax authorities.

1 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

2 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

6 arenas   

表演场地( arena的名词复数 )； 竞技场； 活动或斗争的场所或场面； 圆形运动场

参考例句：

• Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
• Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？

7 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

8 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

9 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

10 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。