The PSOE report on party payments has ruled out illegal funding, but has found "striking" expenditures
These include menus of more than 300 euros or meals at restaurants in Belgium. The study focuses on analysing cash payments made by the PSOE between 2017 and 2024.
an audit commissioned by the PSOE for two professors has ruled out illegal funding in the party, considering that there has been no evidence of undeclared or untraceable funds. However, the investigation has found "striking" expenses incurred by the Secretary of Organization of José Luis Ábalos, such as a lunch for nine diners in Valencia on Christmas Day 2019 or "extraordinary" expenses at the La Chalana restaurant.
The report announced by the Socialist Party in July to rule out irregularities in its accounts highlights the absence of irregular movements of money outside the ordinary treasury circuits. The report has been forwarded to the judge of the National High Court, Ismael Moreno, in the case being considered separately from the Koldo case, which is being investigated by two of the Secretaries of the Organization, Ábalos and his successor, Santos Cerdán.
The report states that the PSOE's cash system is "consistent", verifiable, since "all revenues have a banking origin or respond to advance adjustments, and all departures are duly documented".
"Striking" receipts
In this report, however, a series of "striking" vouchers for expenditure passed through the Secretariat of the Organization during the period that Ábalos presided over. A lunch for nine diners in Valencia on Christmas Day 2019 or "extraordinary" expenses in the restaurant La Chalana. The report highlights that expenditure exceeding the limit of 60 euros per diner was 4% in 2018, but increased to 25% in 2020.
Also striking to the professors is the receipt from a restaurant in La Massana, Andorra, a bill from Brussels and a bill from Bruges, both in Belgium.
After receiving this report last week, the PSOE has ruled out illegal funding, but has yet to examine the expenditure vouchers to compare them with the Secretariat of the Organization's agenda.
The party will now have to examine whether those investigated have taken advantage of the PSOE with expenses that do not correspond to their political activity.
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