The former president of the public company Enusa José Vicente Berlangahistory of Valencian socialism, is one of the subjects under investigation in an open case over allegations of irregularities in public contracts for which the former PSOE activist Leire Díez and the former president were arrested. … of the National Company of Industrial Participations (SEPI) Vicente Fernández.
The PSPV announced this Friday that after learning of Berlanga’s “accusation”, it had requested his “immediate suspension of activism and resignation of all the organic positions he currently occupies. Since 2024 he was secretary for political relations in the training directorate of the province of Valencia led by Carlos Fernández Bielsa. Likewise, the party’s regional leadership, led by Diana Morant, asked Ferraz to open a disciplinary file “for cases that are under investigation,” according to a statement.
Related to José Luis ÁbalosBerlanga joined Enusa, the state-owned company responsible for supplying uranium to nuclear power plants, in 2018. He remained in office until the departure of the government of the former transport minister – now in temporary prison – three years later. During this period he coincided with Leire Díez, responsible for communications of the company.
A career civil servant of the Generalitat, he had previously been director of the Municipal Sports Foundation of Valencia or advisor to the Socialists of the City Hall, Ábalos being a municipal councilor. In addition, he held – on secondment – a position as communications advisor at the town hall of Mislata, of which Bielsa is mayor, between March and September of this year, when he returned to his position at the Labora employment service.
A a signature highly criticized by the oppositionsince Berlanga has a degree in philosophy and educational sciences. It was in fact a person of the greatest confidence of the mayor and socialist spokesperson in the Provincial Deputation of Valencia.
In a press release, the PSPV-PSOE reaffirms its “commitment to the fight against corruption”. “We will continue to be relentless in the face of any indication, complaint or situation of these characteristics that may arise within the organization. Valencian socialists will always act with firmness and firmness against people who do not represent the values of the party or the policies that citizens need,” they affirm.