The first vice-president of the Government, Maria Jesus Monterohe was dissociated from the detained former SEPI president, Vicente Fernándezwith whom he has no longer maintained contact since leaving office. This is how Montero spoke in the halls of Congress when asked about … police operation which led to the arrest of Vicente Fernández, Leire Diez and the businessman Antxón Alonsopartner of Santos Cerdan.
Montero made it clear that at present, these are still “ongoing investigations” and promised “full collaboration with the judiciary”, specifying that “all requests for information requested from the various organizations will be processed immediately”.
Regarding the arrest of Vicente Fernández, whom Montero herself appointed president of SEPI at the beginning of Pedro Sánchez’s government, she wanted to clarify that maintains “no contact” with him since he left the public company, a year and a half after his appointment. “He was barely a year or so at SEPI” and “He hasn’t been in the group of people for more than six years” with whom he usually deals, he noted, and later said: “I have no idea what this man was doing. »
Montero insisted that he has not maintained contact with Vicente Fernández over the past six years, “no WhatsApp, no calls, no meetings, no anything. We also don’t have an environment that we share. That is to say, we don’t have friends of friends.
He took the opportunity to clarify that he had made the decision to appoint him president of SEPI because he had “a whole career of work” within the Andalusian government, therefore “Your professional profile is a profile that supports your appointment“.
Regarding the activities of Servinabar, the Navarrese company that unites the former president of SEPI with Antxon and Cerdán, the vice-president responded that the first time she learned of its existence was in the media, since it is a small company, and “much less” was he aware of what had become known After.
The number two of the PSOE admits that it is “a pain and a sadness” that people we trust could be involved in a conspiracy or in a matter linked to corruption, but she defended the stability of the government. “When there are people involved or associated with cases of corruption or machismo, This hurts us and impacts us.Of course. But that’s one thing, and another is that it causes all kinds of stability and instability in the government,” he explained.
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