José Luis Ábalos denied the statements of businessman Víctor de Aldama before the National Court, ensuring that it is not true that he received 400,000 euros in commissions.
Sources close to the former minister told laSexta that He considers this an “absurdity” Aldama’s statement, emphasizing that he is convinced that “he cannot prove with evidence” what he said.
In this way, he rejected the statements that the businessman made before the judge, in which he assured that both Ábalos and his then advisor, Koldo García, received commissions from him.
A confession in which he also detailed how these payments were made, acknowledging that he always They were in cash envelopes which were even delivered to the Ministry of Transport.
These sources assure that the former minister “They didn’t give him anything.”stressing that he believes that if Aldama made these statements, it is because he is in preventive detention and seeks to obtain “advantages”. “What he said is absurd, as is the way they staged the show,” they said.
The truth is that, barely two hours after his declaration, the alleged commissioner of the “Koldo plot” asked his release arguing for his collaboration with Justice.
Concerning the information you have given and that engages the PSOEthe former minister’s entourage remembers that he had warned about this. “What is sad is that the PSOE has never understood the origin and progress of this operation,” he lamented, specifying that he believes that the PSOE “must react and understand what it’s about.”
Concretely, Aldama assured that the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, had “invited” him to the La Latina gathering (Madrid) because I wanted to “thank you for your work” concerning the railway business he was doing in Mexico.
Furthermore, he told Judge Ismael Moreno that Santos Cerdan He also received money, specifying that It was 15,000 euros in an envelope. “They forced me to attend the PSOE event because Sánchez wanted to meet me and talk to him. Ábalos and Koldo told me to go,” he said. Regarding the famous photograph with the president, he stressed that “the photo was taken in a reserved place with President Koldo” and him. Then, “the president told him thank you for what you do”, he added, specifying that “the photo was not accidental”.
Some statements to which the PSOE reacted by indicating that it would start “immediate legal action” against Víctor de Aldama if the information published in the press on his testimony before the investigating judge is confirmed.
Socialist sources told LaSexta that the businessman “has no credibility“, emphasizing that he “is in preventive detention.” As for whether Sánchez knew the commissioner, they said that the President of the Government “never had any relationship” with him. “All this is a lie and a invention. Justice will put everything in its place,” they added.
