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Spain's prime minister denies party-linked corruption allegations that emerged in the media

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    Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a emergency meeting at the Popular Party headquarters in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Spain's governing Popular Party insists its financial accounts are totally legal and denies a newspaper report of regular under-the-table payments to leading members, including current Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The scandal first broke when after the National Court reported that former party treasurer Luis Barcenas amassed an unexplained euro 22 million ($30 million) in a Swiss bank account several years ago. In a statement Thursday Jan. 31, 2013, the party denied the existence of "hidden accounts" or "the systematic payment to certain people of money other than their monthly wages". Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and that if necessary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would be called in for questioning. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (The Associated Press)

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    Protestors march as they block the streets during a demonstration against corruption, in Madrid, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and that if necessary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would be called in for questioning. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (The Associated Press)

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    Protestors shout slogans as they carry a banner reading, 'Justice' during a demonstration against corruption, in Madrid, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and that if necessary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would be called in for questioning. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (The Associated Press)

MADRID – Spain's prime minister has denied media reports that allege he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made under-the-table payments.

Speaking at a special executive committee meeting at his party's Madrid headquarters on Saturday, Mariano Rajoy said "it is false" that he received or distributed undocumented money.

Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce said Friday there is sufficient cause to investigate allegations of irregular financing within Rajoy's party. Leading newspaper El Pais has published details of secret papers belonging to former party treasurer Luis Barcenas allegedly documenting undeclared payments.

The money was allegedly paid by businesses, many linked to construction. El Pais said nearly two-thirds of the payments violated Spain's party financing laws.

Rajoy says "I have never received or handed out 'black money' in this party or anywhere else."