The president of ACS, Florentino Pérez, has decided to appear as a private indictment in the separate piece that the Central Court of Instruction number 6 of the National Court has opened in the case that remains against the retired commissioner and in provisional prison José Manuel Villarejo to investigate the alleged work done for Iberdrola, according to ACS.

Florentino Pérez is a person "to exercise criminal and civil actions against those who are responsible for them, among which could be included, according to the content of the information appeared on Monday, the president of Iberdrola and the people around him who participated , as well as Commissioner Villarejo himself and the media that may have been instrumental in this criminal activity. "

This is indicated by ACS in a statement referring to the information published on Monday by 'El Confidencial', according to which Iberdrola allegedly had resorted to Commissioner Villarejo in 2009 to prevent ACS from taking control of the power company after entering its capital.

The refusal that the power company then showed to ACS entering its board of directors derived in the courts and even reached the Supreme Court, although the construction company finally undid the position of up to 20% that it reached in the electricity company.

The digital newspaper reports that, during the 'corporate battle' that ACS and Iberdrola fought during the years 2009 and 2011, the power company allegedly had commissioned the ex-commissioner to spy on the president of the construction company in search of compromising data in order to avoid that your company will take control of the energy firm.

"In view of the information that appeared today, Florentino Pérez has decided to appear as a private prosecutor in the judicial proceeding opened at the National Court on Iberdrola to pursue criminal and civil actions against those responsible for them, among those that could be included, according to the content of said information, the president of Iberdrola and the people of his surroundings that have participated, the commissioner Villarejo himself and the media that have been able to serve as an instrument to this criminal activity, "he announced ACS in a statement after publishing such information.

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