The president of the Spanish government and the leader of the PP cross accusations about the corruption of the PSOE
The control session at the Congress of Deputies this Wednesday was marked by the presence of José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García, the two protagonists of the scandal that is shaking the PSOE. The former minister, who broke with his party and went to the mixed group after refusing to leave the seat by order of Pedro Sánchez, attended the lower house without intervening, but with all eyes on he His case has focused the debate between the president of the Spanish government and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the head of the PP.
Feijóo began by asking Sánchez if he was aware of the illegal activities of the ex-minister and his adviser, who are being investigated for the alleged mask plot. “You knew it and you hid it,” said the popular leader, who assured that Sánchez removed Ábalos from the government in the summer of 2021 because – according to him – he was already aware of what was happening. “This [Spanish] government is relentless with corruption. It doesn’t cover it up. It fights it head-on, not with empty speeches like you,” replied Sánchez, who presented himself as the antithesis of the PP. “We are doing the opposite of what you were doing,” remarked the president of the Spanish government.
In the retort, Feijóo has asked him not to use “any fan” nor “any excuse”. “They are already investigating his party,” recalled the conservative leader. If Ábalos challenges Sánchez, he said, it is because “he knows him”. “It turns out that he was nobody and that he was acting on his own? Don’t insult the intelligence of the Spanish”, pointed out the leader of the PP, applauded by his supporters. He has also demanded that the leader of the PSOE take measures against the secretary of organization, Santos Cerdán, who succeeded Ábalos in the position. “What this [Spanish] government will not do is destroy computers with hammer blows,” said Sánchez, referring to the Kitchen plot. According to the socialist leader, Feijóo came to power in the PP after Pablo Casado denounced the “corruption” of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and therefore his job is to “cover up” this circumstance.
Ábalos remains loyal to the Spanish government since the mixed and defends his innocence
In an interview with RAC1 recorded on Tuesday and broadcast shortly before the control session, Ábalos said that he would not go to Congress – “now I will bring the discipline” – and he wanted to guarantee that he would continue to support the Spanish government from mixed In this sense, he has clarified that he will vote in favor of the amnesty law. Once again, as he verbalized yesterday in an appearance without questions, he has defended his innocence – “I have not profited at all” – and has pointed out that García, who was a highly trusted advisor, would only have was able to profit “on the part of the employers” in the alleged plot of the masks.
