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The former PSOE Secretary of Organization has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence against him to interfere in the alleged corruption plot.

EH Bildu's Secretary General has claimed that the Elgoibarresa businessman Antxon Alonso, allegedly involved in the 'Koldo case', is a friend of his friend, who mediated for him and the PSOE's Secretary of Organization to meet. 

The president of the PNV has admitted that relations between the two parties are not at their best, especially after the "clear attacks" of the popular on jeltzales over the past six months. 

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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."

The president of the Basque PP, Javier De Andrés, has asked the PNV for explanations for the involvement of businessman Iñaki Alzaga, linked to the nationalist party, in the case of former PSE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán.

Sumar's intention is to take a "180 degree turn" and stress that this crisis must serve to accelerate the main objectives of the government program and deliver a clear message against corruption, thereby reviving the progressive foundations following the impact of the Cerdán case.

At the press conference following the Council of Ministers, its spokesman, Pilar Alegría, admitted that this image is the result of "absolutely shameful and horrific events". She reiterated that "the Government will continue to work to combat corruption, to cooperate with justice as transparently as possible and to provide all necessary explanations".

The day after the imprisonment of Santos Cerdán , the spokeswoman for the Basque Government, Maria Ubarretxena, has once again expressed her concern about the political situation and has called for the investigation to be brought to an end. She has also stressed that as long as there is a government in Spain, the Basque Government will continue to work with it. 

The President of the Bizkaia PNV, Iñigo Ansola, has stated that, following the imprisonment of former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán, the PNV is awaiting further information and the appearance of Pedro Sánchez in Congress to "analyse the situation and decide on the next steps".

In the opinion of Judge Leopoldo Puente, who is conducting the investigation, it was the former socialist leader who was "in charge of asking construction companies for money." "He had a kind of vertical dominance relationship with Ábalos and Garcia," he says in the resolution, and believes that, after receiving the money, he gave it to them.

Jeltzale training has clarified that it supported the motion of censure following the Gürtel judgment because the PP did not take responsibility for it, but Antxon Alonso did not influence it.

Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente has decided to put former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán in prison for alleged corruption that has shaken the PSOE. 

The President of Navarre, in response to questions from UPN and PPN, recalled that the award was not questioned in the report of the House of Auditors of Navarre either.

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In the midst of great media expectation, Santos Cerdán will appear before the Supreme Court, where the report of the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) of 12 June and the events that have taken place since the audios with former Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García were made public have caused a flood.

The sales contract is dated June 1, 2016, and of the 3,000 shares held by Antxon Alonso, 1,350 were purchased by Santos Cerdán for a euro each.

Attorney Benet Salellas has argued that, given the importance of the case and the parallel trial to which Cerdán is subjected, it is necessary to lift the reserved nature of the hearing and allow its public broadcast.

Among the signatories are also Rafael Vera and Jose Barrionuevo. The letter mentions cases of corruption and "government practices" involving "constitutional change."

At first he proposed to appear on a number of subjects, but the half-days which support the Government required a monographic session on the Koldo-Cerdán affair, which he finally accepted.