Former minister and ex-secretary of the Socialist Workers’ Party, José Luis Abalos, who has been imprisoned since Thursday in the Koldo case, updated his account on the social network X, which is now called “In the name of Abalos”.
In his updated profile on X, Ábalos introduces himself as Vice President of Valencia He confirms in his description: “I am innocent! “Even if they ask for 24 years in prison for crimes I did not commit, I will fight for truth and justice, even if they say I am guilty.”
Two days after he entered prison, in addition to changing the description and name of his account, The tweet was made public Where Abalos reproduces a poem by the Argentine Guillermo Mayer entitled Don’t give upaccompanied by a video of former Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez reciting it in his farewell to the government.
Sources from prison institutions explained this to Efe No prisoner has access to the Internet From prison.
Superior Court Judge Leopoldo Puente agreed last Thursday Temporary detention, reported and without bail Abalos and his former advisor Koldo Garcia were charged over alleged irregular kickbacks in mask contracts. Puente responded to prosecutors’ requests seeking 24 years in prison for Abalos and 19 1/2 years for Koldo Garcia, and to popular charges raising that request to 30 years.
Since then, the former minister has been in the Madrid Correctional Center V de Soto del Real, thus becoming the Minister The first active Spanish MP Who goes to prison.
House of Representatives He may not be suspended from his duties Parliamentary powers until the prison order becomes final when it is appealed by his defence.
According to the Supreme Court, the former minister’s imprisonment order is not final as it is being appealed by the procedural representation of Abalos and his former advisor Koldo García, whose deliberations are scheduled to take place. December 4.
From that point on, Congress may apply Article 21 of the regulationsWhich stipulates that representatives will be suspended from exercising their parliamentary rights and duties when they are granted permission upon request by the Chamber and sign the indictment, and they are in a state of pretrial detention for this period.
For this reason, after entering prison, Abalos He did not lose his deputy recordBut he cannot vote, nor receive a salary as an MP, nor can he exercise other powers linked to his status, such as submitting questions to the executive or writing to the Council.