Jose Luis Abalos This Thursday he became the first active MP to enter prison. The Supreme Court (TS) agreed to send the former minister and his former advisor, Koldo Garciato temporary detention, informed and without bail.
he … Judge Leopoldo Puente made this decision because “Severe” escape risk. Both of them, due to the imminent date of the trial that will be held against them, on charges of forgery in public contracts for the purchase of medical supplies, and the high demand for imposing penalties, Up to 30 years in prison.
Abalos and Koldo were transferred in the afternoon to the Madrid prison Soto del RealThey spent their first night “calm” and without any surprises, according to what prison sources told ABC. They will remain there until they are classified by administrators and assigned to a study unit.
Abalos’s entry into prison represents A An unprecedented event in the history of democracyEspecially since he played a key role for a year and a half as Minister of Transport Pedro Sanchez, with whom he had a close relationship years earlier.
But the leadership of the Socialist Workers Party is trying to stay away from him as much as possible, stressing that he was expelled from the party and that he is now a representative of the mixed group. At the same time, the People’s Party called on A He objects Against the Prime Minister this Sunday at the Debod Temple.
Vicente Valles attacks Pedro Sánchez after Ábalos is imprisoned
Abalos and Koldo’s entry into the Evening News prison opens on all networks. Including those Antenna 3Where your deposit is, Vicente VallesHe wanted to stress the importance of the former minister going to prison for his relationship with Pedro Sanchez.
“José Luis Abalos and Koldo García are currently spending their third hour as prisoners in the Soto del Real prison,” Valles opens “Antena 3 Noticias 2,” referring seconds later directly to the government: “The question is whether this means that Moncloa will take any office.” Political responsibility». “At this time of night The answer is no“, he answered.
In this sense, Valles wanted to remember, one by one, the different events that stained Pedro Sánchez’s third term. “The two years we’ve been here have given us an opportunity A long list of unique and previously unimaginable moments“The journalist said.
In this way, Valles noted, among other things, that the PSOE “had signed an agreement with… Puigdemont“And I agreed Amnesty law “After hearing the firm commitment that it would never happen.” The broadcaster continued: “We witnessed the opening of judicial investigations into the prime minister’s wife and his brother.”
Valles also pointed to some recent events, such as the conviction “for the first time in history, of someone.” State Attorney General“And going to prison Santos Cerdan. “This afternoon, that scene was repeated with the previous number two. The man who stood shoulder to shoulder with Sanchez To reach the General Secretariat of the Socialist Workers Party and then to Moncloa.”
“Never before has a sitting prime minister seen someone who was his minister go to prison.”
Vicente Valles
Presenter of the program “Antena 3 Noticias 2”
“All this,” highlighted Valles, “when The government is a parliamentary minority For the third year in a row, at least so far, the draft state budget has not yet been submitted. In the meantime, criticizePedro Sanchez keeps power in his hands at all costs».
Later, the presenter of the program “Antena 3 Noticias 2” once again insisted on the importance of the former minister going to prison because of his relationship with the head of government: “The arrival of Pedro Sánchez to the General Secretariat of the Socialist Workers Party and then to Moncloa cannot be understood without the character of Abalos. He was his direct collaborator, and nothing that happened was foreign to him.».
“Today, Pedro Sanchez’s right-hand man became the first deputy to go to prison,” Valles said. The Prime Minister who was in office There was He saw someone who was his minister go to prison».