The number of people who accompanied Pedro Sanchez And Begoña Gomez for your getaway to Andorra, it continues to grow. In addition to Raul Diazpersonal assistant to the President of the Government, paid by La Moncloa, OKDIARIO was able to confirm that he also participated in the romantic getaway Luis Miguel Fernandez Aparicio.
This is one of Sánchez’s childhood friends, one of those who played with him on the Estudiantes basketball team, who got a job in the government after the socialist came to power. Fernández Aparicio is the security director of SEPI, the state industrial holding company – a specially created position – and a cybersecurity advisor to the presidency.
In the images of Pedro Sánchez and Begoña Gómez in Andorra, to which OKDIARIO has had access, we see the president’s friend still very close to the couple. Luis Miguel Fernández Aparicio wears a pink shirt and half hides his face with a blue hat with the brand of bike the couple used on their getaway. In the image, he appears with Sánchez’s wife, the accused Begoña Gómez. This newspaper already reported at that time the profile of this court companion of the current head of government.
Hired during the pandemic
In the midst of a pandemic, when the Executive had enough room to hire, Pedro Sanchez requested the creation of a position as security director at SEPI for Luis Miguel Fernández Aparicio. The same thing he had done two years before, when he defeated the motion of censure, for another friend of the time, Iñaki Carnicero.
After granting him a public salary, through an organization that depends on the Ministry of Finance, in 2023 Sanchez promoted his friend and appointed him advisor to the National Cybersecurity Forum, dependent on the Presidency of the Government. Luis Miguel Fernández Aparicio combines both functions.
Before landing in the Executive, with a public salary, the friend of the president He had held security functions within the Socialist Party and at the headquarters on Ferraz Street. He assumed these positions after Sánchez’s second arrival as secretary general. Professionally, he had worked as a local police officer, although the city in which she was located has not been revealed. A position from which he is currently on leave.
Sánchez weekend in Andorra
Pedro Sánchez and his accused wife, Begoña Gómez, They spent the weekend in Andorra at full speedThe presidential couple left in secret last Friday, on a trip that was not communicated to the press, as Moncloa considered it “private and personal”. The presence of a personal assistant to the president and the head of security of SEPI and cybersecurity advisor to Moncloa They question the government’s version.
Raúl Díaz and Luis Miguel Fernández Aparicio have both held positions in public administration, with salaries between 70,000 and 120,000 eurosthat have nothing to do with the president’s private life. Well, in Díaz’s case, he is in charge of assisting Sánchez at public events, placing his speeches on the lectern. Aparicio does not even have functions directly attributed to the head of government.
During the three days that the socialist leader visited the neighboring country, with the assistance at the security level of the Andorran police and with all the resources of the Presidency of the Government at his disposal, although it was a “private visit” to “enjoy”, in his own words, He has not had any contact with the country’s authorities.In February of this year, he already received his Andorran counterpart in his office at the Moncloa Palace, Xavier Espot.
During their stay in Andorra, which lasted until Sunday, Sánchez and Begoña Gómez stayed at one of the most luxurious hotels in the country, the Sport Hermitage Hotel & Spa, whose rooms can cost around 2,600 euros per night. The resort has direct access to the Soldeu ski slopes, which the couple used for cycling, and offers its guests more than 5,000 square meters of luxurious spa and helicopter transfers.
