The chief of staff of the Spanish army, General Miguel Ángel Villarroya, tendered his resignation on Saturday 23 January 2021 after being accused of using a pass to get vaccinated against Covid- 19, announced the staff in a statement. “In order to preserve the image of the armed forces, General Villarroya today presented his request for resignation to the Minister of Defense”, one can read in this text. According to a source within the staff interviewed by Agence France-Presse, his resignation was accepted by the minister, Margarita Robles.
On Friday, the Minister of the Interior sacked a lieutenant-colonel, liaison officer of the Civil Guard at the army staff, following an internal report which concluded that he had received the vaccine without being priority, in a country where more than a million doses are currently given as a priority to medical staff and residents of nursing homes. Several other members of the staff are accused in this report of having improperly received a first dose of the vaccine.
Several resignations
Air Force General Miguel Ángel Villarroya, 63, however assured that he never intended to “take advantage of unjustified privileges”. In addition to the military, politicians from different parties received the first dose of the vaccine, without belonging to a priority group either. One of them, the regional health adviser of Murcia (south-east), Manuel Villegas, was forced to resign.
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