The government vetoed the PP to question the Congress of Deputies this Wednesday on the revelation of Juan Lobato concerning Moncloa’s maneuvers in the case of the boyfriend of Isabel Diaz Ayusoan affair which directly compromises the cabinet of Pedro Sánchez. Once again, as happened last week, with two parliamentary questions from the PP addressed to Therese Riberathe Executive has once again, perversely, prevented the main opposition party from asking a question of maximum current and particularly uncomfortable for the government.
Concretely, as OKDIARIO learned from parliamentary sources, the PP deputy and deputy secretary for Health and Education, Ester Munozrecorded an oral parliamentary question addressed to Teresa Ribera, but when the vice-president was dismissed before her official appointment as commissioner, the Popular Group of Miguel Tellado changed the question. In this case, for another to be formulated by Maria Pilar Alia to the Minister of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, Oscar Lopezformer chief of staff of Sánchez and chosen for the revelation of the leader of the Madrid socialists. This is what the popular during the Council of Spokespersons held this Tuesday, according to the parliamentary sources consulted.
However, the government, through the Secretary of State responsible for relations with the Cortes, led by the socialist Rafael Simancasdenied this change of question regarding Juan Lobato’s statements, arguing that “This is not an issue that affects the government”its formulation was therefore not appropriate, specify the same sources. The question in question which the government vetoed and which Óscar López had to answer this Wednesday, was the following: “Are you responsible for the leaks information from a private citizen?” Alía was going to ask him during the control session, referring to the operation orchestrated by Moncloa against Alberto Gonzalez Amador.
At the same time, the Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service This Tuesday, he avoided going downstairs of the case and rule on his alleged participation in these events. Óscar López fired the PSOE leader from Madrid after Lobato’s revelations and him claiming to be victim of a “lynching” by certain leaders of his party.
“Mr. Lobato will have to explain himself”was limited to López saying in statements to the press upon his arrival at the closing of the event on the occasion of Consulting Day 2024, organized by the Spanish Association of Consulting Companies.
This Tuesday, Lobato condemned the “lynching” of his party leaders of which he is a victim, while refusing to resign despite the hurricane triggered by its registration with a notary from a conversation with López’s chief of staff at Moncloa, Pilar Sánchez Acerawhen he forwarded the email in which the companion of the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, allegedly confessed to tax crimes.
“Here, the one who must give explanations is Ms. Ayuso and the PP, it is not the PSOE who must explain anything. “Let them explain.”said López, who this Wednesday will not be able to be directly questioned on this subject during the control session of the plenary session of Congress by the representative. popular Maria Pilar Alia.
“Exit door”
For his part, the spokesperson for the Popular Group in the Lower House, Miguel Tellado, declared this Tuesday during a press conference that Moncloa “shows the exit door” to the leader of the Madrid PSOE for not wanting ” participate” in a “criminality” in relation with the leak of the negotiation email between the prosecution and the lawyer by Alberto González Amador, partner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
Along with this, Tellado even predicted that there might even be a leak of “some news about the criminal or tax cases of Lobato himself” because “that’s how they spend it” to the PSOE of Pedro Sánchez, who is celebrating his 41st Federal Congress this weekend in Seville.
Furthermore, the spokesperson for the Popular Party stressed that “the only reason why the leadership of the PSOE can ask for the resignation of one of its leaders is simply because they do not want to participate in a crime.” “That’s what they attribute to Mr. Lobato,” he added.
Tellado added during a congressional press conference that if Juan Lobato was “aware of a crime,” he should have “with the knowledge of Justice” and “don’t just go to a notary to cover your back,” he stressed.
