It was the start of a very intense day for the executive of Pedro Sánchez. This Thursday The coalition government succeeded in carrying out its tax reform. A squaring of the circle in which, by agreeing on opposing positions, we reached an agreement guaranteeing the banks’ rate and the commitment to extend that of energy companies. A very complicated vote that the Government explains as a victory for its project and support from its legislator. Moreover, they interpret it as a further step towards an agreement on budgets.
“Once we have carried out a tax reform (…), which provides more resources and which has allowed the formation of all political groups, this will open the way to continue moving towards new general budgets,” he said. assured the Minister of Finance today in an interview on. TVE.
And on the other side, we lived statement from the businessman and alleged commissioner of the Koldo plot, Víctor de Aldamabefore the National Court where he named, without providing evidence for the moment, the president of the government himself, the organizing secretary of the PSOE Santos Cerdán, the vice-president and minister of Finance María Jesús Montero and the minister of Territorial Policy, Angel Victor Torres.
Some accusations concerning commissions, influences and preferential treatment which Moncloa and Ferraz “categorically” deniedbut of which the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, took the opportunity to propose presenting a motion of censure, encouraging the PNV and Junts to support it.
From Sumar, the Minister of Culture Ernest Urtasun said Aldama’s “very serious accusations” “must be proven” because “the credibility of certain characters is what it is”. Aldama was in prison for the “hydrocarbons affair” and asked to voluntarily testify in the “Koldo affair”, with the coincidence that both cases were handled by the same prosecutor. At the end of his statement, the businessman asked for his release because of his “collaboration with justice”. His request was granted, after which we saw him leave Soto del Real prison threatening to “present evidence.”
Today, the Government once again emphasizes this lack of evidence. Montero called what Aldama said “absolutely false.” “He is not going to provide any (evidence) because there is nothing”he assured. Although he warned of the danger of a “criminal” smearing a public office by simply mentioning his name in connection with a matter. “A criminal brings to mind a civil servant, a politician, a trade unionist, a businessman and, suddenly, you find yourself in the spotlight even though you have nothing to do with this person. In my case, it “I don’t know him at all, no, I’ve spoken in my life, I haven’t had any meetings in my life,” he insisted.
“He lied because he clearly understood that it benefited his own defense strategy”he added. “This person is in prison for deceiving all citizens with tax fraud, he is desperate, he does not know what he has to transfer to be able to get out of prison,” he said. In addition, he defended his chief of staff, mentioned by Aldama, as “an excellent worker.”
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