The judge investigating the possible crimes of embezzlement of public funds in the rescue of Plus Ultra refuses to archive the case and has ordered a confrontation between the independent experts and those of the Government. According to a ruling by Judge

Esperanza Collazos,

to which EL MUNDO has had access, "

a hearing procedure between the experts of the expert report and that carried out by Deloitte and DC Advisory

is set for next January 18

". Therefore, he wants to hear how the latter, the experts hired by the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (Sepi), contest the harsh conclusions of the independent experts who, led by

Pedro Martín Molina

, question the legality of the rescue.

As reported by this newspaper, the independent experts sign a report in which they point out to the judge that there are "more than reasonable doubts" about Plus Ultra meeting the requirements to receive the bailout from the State, especially not being in a crisis before the pandemic.

According to these experts, it was only supported by a strange loan from the Panamanian bank Panacorp that forces the airline to have four million immobilized in a tax haven.

The Sepi maintains that, however, DC Advisory and Deloitte guarantee that the airline met the requirements, although both firms qualify in their reports that they affirm it with the information available and that it is up to the government body to verify its veracity.

The most detailed report for Sepi was that of DC Advisory chaired in Spain by former high-ranking socialist León Benelbas.

With this ruling, the judge rejects for now the file request expressed by the State Attorney and the prosecutor who argue that the independent expert report does not serve as a basis to sustain that there may have been crimes of embezzlement. "There are no conclusive elements in the report's conclusions that allow changing the criteria set forth by this party in previous reports," says the Prosecutor's Office, as reported by this newspaper on the 10th, despite the irregularities exposed by independent experts, including that The Government allows the immobilization of the aforementioned money in Dominica without discounting it from the 53 million injected by the state fund.

"As long as the agreed diligence is not held, these requests are suspended", establishes the titular magistrate of the Investigating Court number 15.

The Popular Party and Vox maintain their accusations with the vice president of the Sepi, Bartolomé Lora and the governing council of the Fund for Support to the Solvency of Strategic Companies, made up of several members of the Government.

All of them are still under investigation status as the judge rejects the file for now.

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