The VOX parliamentary group in the Parliament of Navarra requested this morning the dismissals of Mikel Irujo, Minister of Industry and president of the public company Sodena, and Iñaki Larraya, general director of Sodena and member of the board of directors of Sunsundegui, for the management of the “Sunsundegui case”.
According to VOX, Mikel Irujo and Iñaki Larraya both “authorized and “hidden the appointment of ETA member Vicente Nazábal as director of Sunsundegui” and “Irujo lied about Sodena’s role in forming the body company’s board of directors.”
The parliamentary group described the certificate of agreements of the meetings of the board of directors of Sodena of “indisputable“. In this document, which includes what was agreed in the minutes of the board of directors of November 25, 2023, regarding the meeting between Mikel Irujo and the secretary of Sodena, Jorge Aleixandre Micheo, The condition of agreeing with Sodena on the composition of the Board of Directors of Sunsundegui to be able to benefit from the loan is reflected. of 6 million euros by Sodena itself.
More precisely, the agreement of Meeting of November 25, 2023stipulates “Approve a second additional support by granting an additional amount of six million euros to the loan initially granted, capitalizable and transferable, at the discretion of Sodena subject to the following conditions: 1. Implementation of good corporate governance by defining the composition of a board of directors agreed with Sodena» ; and “2. “Obtaining working capital financing lines by financial entities.”
For Emilio Jiménez, parliamentarian of VOX, “they knew the nomination proposal of the ETA member, they accepted it and approved it“. “But what they will never admit is that It was surely a request from BilduObviously, because this advisor was also proposed by the workers, who are controlled by the LAB, and we all know who controls the LAB,” he added.
In addition, The “cowards of Bildu contributed to this lie to be hidden”said Jiménez, referring to statements made last Monday by his spokesperson in Parliament, Laura Aznal, who said that “Sunsundegui is a private company, which is governed by statutes and on the basis of which it chooses the composition of its board of directors”. » ““As the minutes show, they lied”explained the parliamentarian.
On the other hand, on the website of the Public Company of Navarre, which is the sole partner of Sodena and whose board of directors is chaired by María Chivite, the news of the replacement of the board of directors of Sunsundegui, but only mention the appointment of three people: Iñaki Larraya, Helmut Döreller and Félix Aramendía. Ignoring the other four, including Vicente Nazábal, member of ETA who assassinated the former mayor of Echari-Aranaz, Jesús Ulayar. “This cover-up is obvious, because of the repercussions it could have“, they underlined from VOX.
Iñaki Larraya, in Sodena and Sunsundegui
Faced with this situation, VOX asked the Parliament of Navarre for appearance of Iñaki Larrayageneral manager of Sodena and member of the board of directors of Sunsundegui, to “explain The role of Sodena in relation to Sunsundegui“. Added to this is the fact that VOX, UPN and PP have already requested the appearance of the Minister of Industry of the Government of Navarra, Mikel Irujo, for the same subject.
Where is the money?
Finally, VOX also recorded a request for information to the Minister of the Interior, Civil Service and Justice, to report on the “gross remuneration and other economic remuneration for Sodena management functions received during the year 2024 and the last 5 years.
It should be remembered that in April 2024VOX was the only party to vote against to grant this additional loan of 6 million euros to Sunsundegui. “Both because of the money and the appointment of ETA, this government has been shown to be untrustworthy.and time has proven us right,” Jiménez explained. “They took 9 million euros and the company is being dissolved, we want to know what was done with the money of all Navarrese people and in whose pockets it ended up,” he said. he concluded.
