The judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz admitted the appearance of the PSOE in the case in which the businessman is under investigation Victor de Aldama for the alleged VAT fraud on hydrocarbons of more than 180 million euros. He does this after paying a deposit of 10,000 euros.
The PSOE explained a few days ago, when requesting to appear in the case, that this decision was taken due to “concern” and “social alarm” generated and on behalf of its members and the general interest of citizens. The PSOE is now waiting for its appearance to also be admitted into Koldo’s plot. The cases opened before the central investigating courts numbers 2 and 5 of the National Tribunal are, in the opinion of the PSOE, of “national interest” and the “serious” facts investigated could constitute public offenses.
The PSOE intends to contribute to these instructions to be able to investigate all the facts which “accidentally have the appearance of a crime” and to know “the true reality of each of them”.
The socialist ranks made this decision after the last statement to the National Court of the businessman Víctor de Aldamain which he pointed the finger at members of the Government and senior PSOE officials, linking them to Koldo plot payments.
The alleged commissioner of the Koldo conspiracy gave the judge figures on the commissions he allegedly paid to former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos and his advisor, Koldo García. In fact, Aldama assured that there was a conflict with them to demand these commissions, going so far as to tell them: “I am not the Bank of Spain and you are already doing too much”, after which, according to his story, the former Canary Islands president, Ángel Víctor Torres, will also demand a payment of 50,000 euros.
As Aldama explained before the National Court, Ábalos and Koldo pocketed 600,000 euros in cash (400,000 for the minister of the time and 200,000 for that of his advisor) plus other payments “in kind” such as the apartment in the Plaza de España for the partner of the former minister of the time or “money for things” to Koldo García approximately that he did not give further details.
In addition, Aldama claimed to have paid 15,000 euros to Santos Cerdán, organizational secretary of the PSOE, in an envelope that allegedly arrived via Koldo García. The payments which, according to the businessman, were made because he was in the middle of bidding for construction. According to Aldama, Koldo told him that there were quotas in this area and that Basque specifically belonged to Cerdán.
