Koldo Garciawho was advisor to the former minister Jose Luis Abalosnot only took the photo that in 2019 captured the meeting during an electoral vote for the president of the government, Pedro Sanchezand the alleged author of the “Koldo plot”, Victor de Aldamabut also recorded a short video of the moment in which they both posed to be photographed.
In this video you can see how the two position themselves for photography in a relaxed atmosphere after an event to present Pepu Hernández as socialist candidate for Mayor of Madrid.
The video and the carousel of photographs of the meeting between the businessman indicted by the National Court and the president were produced by Koldo García.
Asked about this fact, the former ministerial advisor emphasized Europe Press that This meeting took place “in a corridor of the theater which gives access to the room” where the seats are located. -thus denying the version given by De Aldama according to which it happened in a private room-.
He indicated that it was he himself who asked the president’s security to take this photo and that The meeting actually lasted “one moment, 20 seconds, 15, that’s all”. “I put them in front of the door so that it would be seen clearly and off we went,” the president emphasized.
In the video, which lasts only two seconds, we can see how they are positioned for photography in an access area, and in the background we hear laughter and the voice of Koldo García who says “now yes”.
Aldama’s version
De Aldama, in his voluntary statement before Judge Ismael Moreno on November 21, explained that he went to this event at the request of the former minister and Koldo García. And he claimed that during a brief meeting in a private room at Madrid’s Teatro de La Latina, Sánchez told him: “Thank you for what you are doing, you kept me informed.”
Questioned by his lawyer José Antonio Choclán, the businessman wanted to “clarify” that he had not participated in the act but that he “They force him to go to an event (…) to speak to the president”.
“Because the president wanted to meet me and talk to me. That is to say, I am not participating in a Socialist Party event. Mr. Ábalos (…) and Koldo are making me leave,” he said. he indicated, then he added that it was not a chance meeting, “not at all”, and that the photo with Sánchez “is taken in a reserved place where only” the president, Koldo and him are.
“The president says to me, literally, thank you for what you are doingthey informed me, and I tell him, you don’t have to thank me, and the conversation lasts a little longer. I go out, the president stays, I talk to Koldo, I don’t know what, and immediately, 30 seconds later, Koldo comes out and the president comes out,” he said.
Regarding the subject for which he thanked him, De Aldama explained to the prosecutor that it was for “the efforts” he had made on “the question of Mexico”.
“The trip – to Mexico – was a success. That is, they arrived with a signed agreement and with more projects on the table, such as the possible management of several airports in Mexico by AENA. So, for me, no, it was a proven thing, I mean, for me, it was a success,” he said.
The president’s version
Sánchez, for his part, denied everything De Aldama said before the judge of the National Court, assuring that his government is “clean” and emphasizing that the speaker is “an alleged criminal” who at the time sought to get out of prison. . “This character’s defense strategy is lies”he told the press at the Congress of Deputies.
Along the same lines, he spoke about the immediate controversy that, according to what Aldama told instructor Ismael Moreno, was created at the initiative of Sánchez to reward his efforts in Mexico. “What an invention”launched the general manager. “I was waiting a little less for this man to arrive so that I could organize the rally,” he quipped.
