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Montoro has announced that he will cease to be a PP affiliate the day after a judge indicted him

The Committee on Rights and Guarantees of the PP agreed yesterday to open an information procedure in relation to this case. The Committee on Rights and Guarantees of the Party agreed last night to initiate an information procedure relating to this case , but with this announcement the procedure has been suspended.

Former Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro, in a stock image.

On the day after a judge in Tarragona prosecuted former PP Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro, the PP has announced that the former minister has decided to cease membership of the People's Party. The party's Committee on Rights and Guarantees decided last night to initiate an information procedure related to this case, but with this announcement the procedure has been suspended.

In a decision, the judge charges Montoro (who wasFinance Minister  between2000 and 2004 with José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy between 2011 and 2018) and 30 others investigated for bribery, fraud against the public administration, prevarication, influence trafficking, prohibited negotiations, corruption and documentary falsehood.

In the case, which has hitherto been kept secret by the judge, several senior officials of the Ministry headed by Montoro are under investigation, such as the then Secretary of State for Finance, Miguel Ferre ; the Under-Secretary of State for Budgets, Pilar Platero ; the Under-Secretary of Finance, Felipe MartineZ; and the Director-General of Taxation, Diego Abril, among others.

The resolution explains that, according to the study, which began in 2018, gas companies hired Equipo Economico twice to use the "network of influences" to carry out legal reforms consistent with their plans, such as lowering the Special Tax on Electricity.

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