Assistant Secretary of PSOE, Juan Francisco Serrano, admitted in the Senate that he was present Meeting held by Lier Diez, Santos Cerdán and Antonio Hernando in April 2024. In that meeting, which Diez herself also reported in the Investigative Court No. 9 of Madrid, the alleged “plumber” presented an audio recording of a conversation between former Commissioner José Manuel Velarejo with the former second-in-command in the Ministry of the Interior of Mariano Rajoy’s government, Francisco Martínez. A recording about the saunas of Pedro Sanchez’s father-in-law, Sabignano Gómez.
“I have only met Mrs. Lear (Diez) in one meeting, which is… Twenty something April 2024,” Serrano confirmed from the Senate Committee on the Kuldo Case, though he later confirmed this He saw Diez on the second occasionWhen a file was opened against him in the Socialist Party.
As the person who appeared reported, Diez attended the first meeting because he “considered that he had to inform the party of the audio recording of Mr. Villarejo that had influenced the Socialist Party, and nothing more.” This is what Serrano said, first in response to questions from Senator Maria del Mar Caballero, and then in response to the very popular Francisco Martín Bernabe.
Cerdan’s former second-in-command explained that Diez attended that meeting and presented himself as a journalist doing “investigative work” and also as “an activist of the Socialist Workers’ Party.” Lear Diez herself expressed her opinion in the same terms in court and noted that the meeting had been organized through journalist Patricia Lopez.
Serrano did not remember whether Patricia Lopez herself or Lear Diez’s business partner, Javier Pérez Dolcet, were present at that “famous” meeting. Yes, he was able to schedule the meeting “On the fifth floor” This was attended by former Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, Antonio Hernando. He also said that “the only thing” at the meeting was “an audio recording of Mr. Villarejo talking about the Socialist Workers Party” which, he explained, was leaked days later in a media outlet.
The recording dates back to August 2014 and stars former commissioner and Francisco Martinez. During the conversation, Villarejo announces to his interlocutor that he has “important” information about “the Pedro case.” Specifically about “Sauna” pilinguis“From the prime minister’s father-in-law. Francisco Martinez, who was satisfied with the information provided by the commissioner, celebrated that this would “kill anyone who carries the flag of the feminist thing.” For his part, Villarejo asked Martinez to discuss the matter only with the “president”, Mariano Rajoy, and the “first man” of the Interior Ministry, Jorge Fernandez Díaz.
As Cerdán’s former second-in-command and alleged plumber Lier Diez agreed to state, the only thing discussed at the meeting was that information from Villarejo that influenced the Socialist Party. But the investigation against the alleged plumber shows how she met with prosecutors and businessmen to obtain sensitive information against the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, the UCO and other clients related to cases affecting the PSOE.
In those meetings with Prosecutor Ignacio Stampa, Prosecutor José Grinda or businessman Alejandro Hamelín, Diez presented himself as the right-hand man under Santos Cerdán or The one who “placed” the PSOE To “clean” institutions.
So the PP senator stated to the person who appeared that at that meeting, Diez introduced himself as “K spy To pick up information.” “I have no information about any of this you’re talking about,” Serrano hurried.
A few minutes later, the popular senator asked Cerdán’s former second-in-command why the PSOE had not condemned Diez, when the alleged plumber accused them of wrongdoing. “If the whole thing was a farce, how could it be that the Socialist Workers Party did not file a complaint against her?” Barnaby shouted. He quickly ventured to answer his own question: “In our opinion there are only three possible explanations. Either they are not complaining because what he (Lier Diez) says is true; or they are not doing so because they fear the cover will be pulled; or they do not care about the good image of their party.”