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Taula case
On March 15, 2016, Barberá appeared before the media just a day after the judge of Taula case gave her the chance to declare voluntarily in court to announce she accepted the judge's offer. The instructor observed signs of money laundering crime when she was mayor of Valencia and charged the Valencian PP. On the same day, the PP's Rights and Guarantees committee opened a file against Barberá and 54 investigated in Taula Case.

On April 21, 2016, the judge ordered the Supreme Court to charge Rita Barberá of money laundering. On September 12, 2016, the Supreme Court decided to open a criminal investigation for an alleged offence of money laundering when she was mayor of Valencia. The PP requested her to renounce as senator, but she decided to leave the party and join the mixt group, thus preserving her privilege not to be judged by an ordinary court and her salary. On october 20, the Supreme Court summoned her to testify as charged with money laundering, finally testifying on November 22. However, she couldn't be judged, as she died two days after testifying in the Supreme Court, from a heart attack in a hotel in Madrid, where she had gone to attend the plenary session of the Senate.

The use of the Valencian language
She knew some Valencian, even though it wasn't her mother tongue. This didn't stop her from trying to express herself in this language, being target of controversy and jokes. One remarkable example is the incident that took place in the crida of the fallas in 2015 (the announcement of this festivity). She tried to give her speech in Valencian. It had a lot of grammatical mistakes, unfinished sentences and Spanish words. She was harshly criticised by the opposition and parodied in different medias. One of the most repeated word in the speech "el caloret" (according to the regulations of the Academia Valenciana de la Lengua the correct form would be "la caloreta") it became trending topic in the social media and target of numerous memes and jokes. That's why Barberá apologised, although she thought the controversy was out of proportions, as she strongly believed the word "caloret" existed in Valencian.

Others
There were others controversies during her mandates like Valencia Metro derailment, where 43 people died and its investigation was hastily closed; budgetary overspending and continuous constructive problems in the City of Arts and Sciences; the exorbitant cost of the F1, afterwards abandoned or the useles buildings left by Copa America.