Santos Cerdán has confirmed that he will testify before the Supreme on the occasion of the UCO report
Judge Leopoldo Puente has seen evidence of a crime in the latest UCO report, according to which Cerdán participated in the alleged irregular award of "certain public works" with Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García, who will give explanations on 25 June.
PSOE's Secretary of Organization, Santos Cerdán, has announced on Thursday that he will testify before the Supreme Court, as offered by the judge, but has said that he has not yet read the UCO report, which attributes to a construction company the management of payments of 620,000 euros in "compensation".
When he left the Chamber of Congress and the journalists asked him if he would come to testify voluntarily before the Supreme on 25 June, he replied, "Yes, I will."
The media outside the House asked him if he had read the report and, without stopping, he said "not yet."
Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente has allowed the PSOE Secretary of Organization, Santos Cerdán , to testify voluntarily on 25 June, finding "strong evidence" of his participation in an unfair award of public works in exchange for price.
According to the car, these indications appear in the latest report of the Central Operational Unit of theCivil Guard (UCO) , which suggests that Cerdán participated hand in hand in the alleged irregular award of "certain public works" with former Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García.
Stressing that, for the time being, they are of a "indicative nature" and that the "phase itself" of the proceedings is "provisional", according to the judge conducting the Koldo case, if the evidence were to be proved it would be "crimes of belonging to a criminal organization and bribery".
As a Member of Congress, Santos Cerdán, the Magistrate has given him the opportunity to give voluntary explanations on 25 June, assisted by counsel, as a preliminary step to the possibility of filing an appeal with the Lower House.
As the report has revealed the "new criminal facts" that sprinkle Ábalos and his former adviser, the judge has also summoned them to testify on 24 June.
This car partially eliminates the secrecy of the case and puts an end to the separate piece containing the report dated 5 June, which was searched last Tuesday in the house of former Minister Ábalos and the companies of Navarra, Bizkaia, Valencia and Granada.
With regard to Santos Cerdán, the judge explains that a reasoned explanation must now be given to the Admissions Chamber of the Supreme Court to determine whether there is sufficient reason to bring criminal proceedings against Cerdán.
According to the report to which the judge refers, the Civil Guard found in the devices seized from Koldo Garcia "some recordings" that would splash Santos Cerdán.
The UCO is based on these recordings of alleged public awards and identifies works which, according to indications, could have been "unfairly" awarded with the alleged intervention of Ábalos. According to the report, Ábalos would have participated in these awards "in agreement with third parties" and from the head of the Ministry of Transport "in exchange for a price or financial compensation", according to the order that gave rise to the searches.
When news of conversations between Ábalos, Koldo García and Santos Cerdán about an alleged debt of the contracting companies came to light, Cerdán himself said he had not participated in such conversations and had not committed any contractual fraud.
You might like
The Basque Parliament supports the maximum dissemination of EITB audiovisual content in Basque
This is an amendment by the PNV and the PSE-EE, after EH Bildu rejected a proposal by EITB for the free transfer of audio content and subtitles in Euskera to international streaming platforms. Contact with international platforms and operators will also be encouraged.
?fmt=webp-alpha&qlt=80)
Mayors of Errenteria, Lezo and Pasaia call for the transfer of port powers and a new model of governance
They stressed that the port of Pasaia "plays a strategic role in the Basque economy" and called for port areas to be "available to companies promoting innovative activities and new jobs".
The PP again sends a message to jeltzales after the search of Tubos Reunion: "The PNV will have to explain"
Following the search carried out bythe Civil Guard at the headquarters of Tubos Reunidos, the People's Party has once again looked to the PNV to ask it to clarify its position on corruption. The Deputy Secretary of Sectoral Coordination of the PP, Alma Ezcurra, has said that after one of the leading companies in the Basque Country has been punctuated by corruption, the jeltzales must give their opinion and explain to the citizens.
David Sanchez denies influencing hiring: "I have no power to do so."
During the trial in the Badajoz Provincial High Court, David Sánchez, brother of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, denied having influenced the recruitment, not in the position he obtained as coordinator of the Badajoz Conservatory, not even when his friend Luis Carrero was assigned the .
Esteban and Andueza downplay the differences between the two and praise the unity of the government
Despite the differences, the leaders of the two coalition parties in the main Basque institutions have stressed that they work together to "take this country forward."
UCO searches the headquarters of Tubos Reunion in Bilbao
The register is part of a confidential piece of the so-called 'Leire case', which is being prepared by order of the judge of the Audiencia Nacional Santiago Pedraz.
UCO cites PSOE as the "origin" of all payments for Leire Díez's network
In the report, agents of the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard detail some of the alleged payments and give several examples.
The Spanish Government has initiated the procedures for submitting the 2027 budgets
The head of the Spanish Government has called for "generosity, responsibility and commitment" to dialogue from the groups in Congress and has particularly addressed the independence and nationalist parties in the Basque Country and Catalonia.
The Paris Court of Appeal has ordered the surrender of Josu Urrutikoetxea to the Spanish authorities
According to judicial sources, the surrender of the former ETA leader "will not take place until the French proceedings under way have been completed" and is not a final decision, since an appeal in cassation may be lodged.
PSN, EH Bildu and Geroa Bai conclude that there was no corruption in the award of public works in Navarre
For UPN, however, the committee of inquiry set up in the Foral Parliament has made it even more apparent that there is evidence of corruption. All the groups have presented their conclusions today.