The new report from the Civil Guard put forward by ABC indicates that the senior socialist officials of the defunct Andalusian Foundation Training and Employment Fund (Faffe) They contacted relatives of PSOE officials by email brought back to the forefront of political news a case of alleged corruption from the past which seemed judicially buried after the surprising judgment of the Constitutional Court which annulled the sentences pronounced against former senior civil servants convicted in the ERE affair.
The Faffe case breaks out once again with momentum and places the general secretary of the Andalusian PSOE in an uncomfortable situation, Juan Espadas. The Andalusian PP dusted off the contract of the the wife of the socialist leader, who is the subject of a judicial investigation. Carmen Ibanco, as his wife is called, was one of the workers signed by Faffe who eventually join the Andalusian Employment Service (SAE), after the disappearance of the entity of the Junta de Andalucía dedicated to the training of the unemployed of the Community in May 2011.
The general secretary of the PP of Andalusia, Antonio Repullo, returned this Tuesday to the charge against the PSOE of Andalusia because “it used the public money of all Andalusians to hire children, cousins, friends and wives of socialist leaders“. “Today we are still ashamed when reading the headlines that the PSOE-A continues to generate. We see what, on the other hand, we already knew”, he underlined, referring to the news that the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has detected a massive deletion of the emails of eleven directors of the foundation “before delivery” to agents of the information contained on the hard drive required by order of the Court investigating the fraudulent use of public funds by the agency.
Repullo specifically referred to the socialist leader during a press conference convened at the PP headquarters in Cádiz, in the company of its provincial president and mayor of the capital, Bruno García. “I remind you that this directly affects Mr. Espadas since his wife is accused in the Faffe affair scandal,” he underlined.
The judge investigates the contracts of “84 subjects” in Faffe
Carmen Ibanco, the wife of the secretary general of the Andalusian PSOE, appeared on January 24, 2022 before the UCO agents who are investigating – according to the guidelines set by the Court of Instruction number 6 of Seville – into her alleged hiring irregular in the defunct Faffe. . He used his right not to testify. Court case investigates hiring of “84 subjects”Among them, Ibanco, who, according to the Andalusian Union of Civil Servants (SAF), were hired “for reasons of political patronage or nepotism” in the former Faffe.
The general secretary of the Andalusians Popular ironically said that “this should be the motto of the PSOE of Andalusia for the following elections: Plugins, deals and scams“. He added that he is convinced that “They want to come back to power to start again. It’s part of your nature. They can deny it, they can beat their chest in press conferences if they want, but the facts are there. “The PSOE of Andalusia has plundered our lands for its own benefit.”
Carmen Ibanco, in the commission of inquiry
Carmen Ibanco signed a contract with Faffe in February 2007, before the deadline for applications in the announcement of the appeal, published in the newspaper El Paísas revealed by the Faffe commission of inquiry held in Parliament, before which he appeared on September 10, 2021.
When he joined Faffe, Espadas was vice minister of the Environment. A year later, he would be a housing counselor. “I started working at Faffe because I saw an ad in the newspaper and submitted my CV. I have always held a technical position without political responsibility, I am an accredited professional in professional guidance and employment and I have a degree in psychology,” Ibanco defended before the said commission which was closed without having approved a final opinion of conclusions because the Andalusian Parliament was dissolved due to the early calling of the Andalusian elections on June 19, 2022.
