The FAES Foundation, directed by the former President of the Government Jose Maria Aznaraccused the PSOE of having collected illegal commissions on the work of the Palace of Catalan Music. The entity demanded “the presentation of supporting documents” and announced “its intention to file a complaint” against any person who “accuses without proof” of the commission of an offense against the foundation.
The Socialist Parliamentary Group published on the social network Marcelino Martín-Blasformer head of Internal Affairs of the National Police. The commissioner appeared this Tuesday before the Congressional commission of inquiry into the self-proclaimed “Operation Catalonia”.
In his speech, the former police chief referred to a report which “is not official” and which is based “on statements from voluntary witnesses”. Martín-Blas assured the commission of inquiry that this document indicated that “among those who receive money from Palau is the FAES.”
The former commissioner read aloud the following fragment of the report which the former police chief considered to have no official character: “Among the alleged irregularities reported, the alleged requests for commissions for all activities stand out. contracted by the Palau de la Musique. , extreme which could not be confirmed by the examination of the documentation carried out by these experts and the fact that the FAES Foundation obtained an order of more than 1.8 million euros for the work on the Petit Palau.
Martín-Blas assured that “this report has already been manipulated, it has no official character.” “It’s a film,” he emphasized. And he stressed that “this is the report they gave to the press.” “I don’t know if he was paid,” he said, adding that he was limited to reading “what is said” in the report.
“What is serious is that this appears in the report given to the press, but not in the published draft report. The world“, declared the former head of Internal Affairs of the National Police.
Although this is information that appeared in the press a little over a decade ago, the PSOE issued a statement in which it assured that Martín-Blas “revealed” that “there are reports police officers who claim that the FAES Foundation” received commissions. . “These revelations are extremely serious and require immediate explanations from the FAES and the Popular Party,” says Ferraz.
The socialists demand that the former president of the government “seems to give immediate explanations” and that Feijóo “explains what links of all kinds, accounting, corporate… etc., the Popular Party maintains with the FAES Foundation”. In addition, the PSOE requested another intervention in the commission of inquiry “given the magnitude of all the information known today.”
“Infamous testimony”
The FAES Foundation was frank in a statement released on Tuesday. He accuses the PSOE of “echoing slanderous testimonies”. “The hoax refers to hypotheses police reports “This would prove the perception of illegal commissions by the FAES,” they say of the entity chaired by Aznar, adding that “this had already been sufficiently denied at the time.”
In addition, they demand that the socialists “present documentary evidence that supports the accusations against them.” And beyond that, they are already announcing their “intention to prosecute anyone” who accuses them of a crime without proof. “The only criminal liability that will be settled in court will be that of anyone who tarnishes the reputation of this foundation,” they conclude.
