The PNV accuses the PP of "breaking all bridges" after De Andrés asked for explanations for his "implications" in the Cerdán case
The party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo has been defined by jeltzales as "Jeckyll and Mr.Hyde" who "one day wants to start a relationship with the PNV and the next day break all bridges."
A meeting of the Euzkadi Buru Batzar (EBB).
The president of the PP in the Basque Country, Javier De Andrés, has asked the PNV for explanations on the grounds that the businessman linked to the jeltzale party Iñaki Alzaga is "implicated" in the case of former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán.
The PNV recalls that "less than 16 hours have passed between one thing and another." According to the same sources, the PNV "corroborates Monday's statements and will not enter into malicious, unfounded accusationsmade by the PP or any other agent\u00A0. "
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Although repeated many times, Cerdán was not a PNV interlocutor.
Moreover, according to the PNV, "it cannot and should not respond to accusations without evidence of a non-affiliated person. "In any case, with regard to the award of the work referred to, it followed all the established technical procedures, including a table in which only technicians participated, it was given to the cheapest offer, without any price increase compared to the initial one," he adds.
Finally, according to jeltzal sources, "despite repeating it many times, Cerdán was not the interlocutor of the PNV." "The PNV had, has had and has, unlike other groups, the only intermediary in its relations with the Cerdán Government and the PSOE," they recalled.
During his appearance this Wednesday, De Andrés accused the businessman linked to the PNV of being "immersed in the Cerdán network ", accusations known to the PP's state management, which, according to De Andrés, shares the demand for explanations from the PNV.
Specifically, De Andrés has reported on the information published in some digital media (Diario.es and El Confidencial) on the relations between Iñaki Alzaga, presidentof Norte (the Basque Government owns 12% of the company), eta Grupo Noticias (close to thePNV), and the Basque businessman Antxon Egurrola (the name of Cerdán).
According to this information, Egurrola and Alzaga are partners in Alegure and Alzaga owns 4% of that company, which was awarded the works of a school for 2.6 million euros.
In the words of De Andrés, Alzaga is an entrepreneur "of the highest confidence" of the PNV, as demonstrated by his positions. "What was he doing in those companies linked to Cerdán? What is Alzaga doing immersed in the network of Cerdán?" asked De Andrés.
"Cerdán has said that Egurrola was his mediator to have a relationship with the PNV, and Alzaga was his partner, "Andrés said, adding that the PNV must therefore" explain itself. "
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