Former Minister of Transport Jose Luis Abalos And his former advisor Koldo Garcia They face their most crucial date this Thursday in the Supreme Court. Both will face a prison request from the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office at home, which will be held in preparation for the oral trial, according to tax sources. the world. The only unknown is whether he will be the lead anti-corruption prosecutor Alejandro Luzon Unconditional imprisonment or bail will be sought for everyone investigated. As this newspaper reported on Monday, the former minister claims he barely has €6,000 in his bank accounts, so he lacks the possibility of paying potential bail to avoid going to prison.
In these coordinates, the summons the previous day was full of threats from the former minister directed to his colleagues in the government until 2021. He fired at the highest level without providing evidence, until now. On the other hand, he raised information about an alleged meeting between them Sanchez and Otegiin 2018, to which Koldu was going to drive them in his car, something that both the PSOE and Bildow categorically denied. Hours later, without specifying, he was charged Yolanda Diaz Because, in the home she enjoys in Madrid as minister, she hosted “people who had no right to do so.” He is thus increasing the pressure on the government before he faces the possibility of going to prison, where his successor as organizing secretary of the Socialist Workers Party spent five months until last week.
in case Santos Cerdanthe District Attorney’s Office requested imprisonment without bail due to the risk of destroying evidence. On the other hand, in the case of Abalos and Koldo García, the risk of escape is the main factor. The Public Prosecution Service believes that there is strong evidence that the defendants committed serious crimes, which is why it will argue in the Supreme Court that the risk of flight increases due to the proximity of the trial date, once the equivalent of an indictment is issued.
For José Luis Abalos, the anti-corruption requested a 24-year prison term on charges of crimes of criminal organization, bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement of public funds and use of confidential information. The Public Prosecution attributes the same crimes to Koldo Garcia and asks for 19 and a half years in prison for fraudulently buying and selling medical supplies during the pandemic, the so-called mask conspiracy. However, former Minister Abalos and his former advisor are currently being investigated for massive manipulation of public works in another separate part of this total corruption cause.
So far, the former PSOE secretary and a man who has Pedro Sánchez’s complete confidence has decided to keep the seat because he realizes that these roots significantly reduce the potential flight risk. As well as the fact that it adhered to the precautionary measures imposed by the Supreme Court more than a year ago. If the investigating judge in the Koldo case, Leopoldo Puente, decides to send Abalos to prison unconditionally this Thursday – as popular charges are sure to demand – he will become the first active deputy to go to prison.
When asked about this point, sources in the case explained that there is also no precedent for a minister from his department to devote himself to large-scale fraud on public works from within the government.
Regardless of whether he goes to prison today or not – although it is likely – José Luis Albalos will be able to waive his status, thus forcing the case to be transferred to the National Court, until Puente dictates the opening of an oral trial.
The anti-corruption prison request of former Minister Albus, in addition to the purchase of masks in light of the epidemic, includes employment Jessica In public companies Eniko and TragsaHis close friend rented the apartment in Plaza España in Madrid, rented the other friend of the former minister Claudia Montes In the company Lograil Or the rental process of Villa Alcaidesa (La Línea de la Concepción, in Cádiz). The prosecutor also sees signs of crime in Abalos’ stay in a holiday villa in Marbella, and his role in the rescue Air EuropaProcedures for a plot of land or rental contract for an apartment with the option to purchase on Paseo de las Castellana in Madrid.