The socialist president of the Congress, Francina Armengol, She sticks her head out after the affectionate message from Koldo García who puts her on the ropes and assured that “if there is one thing I hate, it is corruption”.
However, in the latest report from the Central Operational Unit (UCO), concerning the Koldo affair, Koldo Garcia, the former advisor to the former socialist Minister of Transport Jose Luis Abalosspoke directly in August 2020 with the then president of the Balearic Islands and current president of the Lower House.
Koldo did not call the Ministry of Health, to which he had already approved the 1.4 million masks fake for which he received 3.7 million euros in May. On this occasion, it was in August When He recalled Armengolbut to ensure that the Balearic government she presided over going to hire a company of the same alleged plot to buy and sell masks but this time to acquire the PCR.
During her appearance before the congressional commission investigating the rental of masks, the former president of the Balearic Islands admitted that she knew Koldo García and although she does not remember all their communications from that moment on -there, Yes, he denied it “with complete certainty and completeness” to talk to him about hiring a company. Something that It’s getting harder and harder to believegiven that the plot had already been negotiated months ago with top Health Ministry officials and they contacted the president again in August.
The UCO reports in its report that the August 17, 2020 at 7:19 a.m.Koldo contacted Armengol via WhatsApp. “Hello, sorry to bother you. I don’t know if you are on vacation or not, but if you can, call me. THANKS. Or tell me when I can call you,” he wrote in several messages included in the Civil Guard report.
Armengol responded in another message that he had had “a complicated day” but that “maybe at noon” he could call her. The UCO explains that, “in the meantime”, Koldo informed the alleged organizer of the plot, Victor de Aldamathat the Canary Islands wanted the Megalab PCR test and were waiting for a phone call from the Balearic Islands.
The same afternoon, according to the UCO, Armengol shared with Koldo the contact of Patricia Gomez, then Minister of Health of the Balearic Islands. SO, Koldo replied to Armengol: “Okay, honey, I’ll keep you posted on everything.”
This Friday, questioned on the subject, the socialist leader defended that “everything is corroborated” what he said during the appearances and hopes that justice will get to the bottom of this, because as he said “if there is something that he hates and that he has fought against all his life , it’s political corruption.”
After Armengol spoke, the Balearic Socialists released a statement in which they transferred their “maximum tranquility” because “all contracts and procedures were concluded in accordance with current legislation and within the framework of the emergency caused by the pandemic”.
According to the Balearic PSOE, “this has already been demonstrated” in the procurement and control bodies with “the sole objective” of guaranteeing medical supplies. Likewise, they indicated that the technicians excluded subcontracting from the PCR proposal mentioned in the Civil Guard report.
The spokesperson for the PSOE in Parliament, Iago Negueruelaattacked the current government, emphasizing that “the only person prosecuted for this procedure in the Balearic Islands is the current director of the Health Service, Javier Urena. In this sense, he asked the PP: “What remains of the will of the President of the Government, Marga Prohensto avoid mud politics?
“What we see today is an attempt to rekindle a problem for which all the explanations have already been given and about which there is absolutely nothing new that has not already been said,” he said. he added, reiterating his “zero tolerance” towards corruption.
