Pedro Sanchez presented himself this Monday at the Palace of La Moncloa to announce the replacement of Therese Ribera as minister for his new European post. In the middle of the scandal of the revelations of Víctor de Aldama – commissioner of Koldo Field– Sánchez avoided any allusion to this controversy surrounding his government and his party.
Instead, the socialist president dedicated his speech to defending the figure of Teresa Ribera, strongly called into question by the DANA tragedy in the Valencian Community.
“His appointment materialized surpassing infusions and maneuversover those in which the truth and evidence ended up triumphing,” he said, calling the minister “an international reference in the fight against climate change.”
Aldama’s confession
Sánchez’s appearance took place amid a scandal due to the revelations of Víctor de Aldama, commissioner of the appeal Koldo Fieldbefore the judge of the National Court, Ismael Moreno.
Aldama assured last Thursday in his statement that the photograph in which he appears with the President of the Government during a rally, on February 3, 2019, – during the presentation of the candidacy of Pepu Hernández in the PSOE primaries for mayor of Madrid – “it was not accidental.”
“They forced me to go to the PSOE event because Sánchez wanted to meet me,” he revealed to the judge.
According to Aldama’s statements, the image was captured “in a reserved location.” “The president told me Thank you for what you do, you kept me informed.”he assured.
Likewise, Aldama told the magistrate that he had meetings with the third vice president and Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, to address the problem of Empty Spain and that Begoña Gómez, Sánchez’s wife, was present at at least one of these meetings.
