Ábalos rules out resigning but admits that if the 'Koldo case' had broken out when he was minister, he would have done so. "I am a deputy now, I am not a minister.
If this had occurred as a minister, it is evident that I would have had to resign. And at the time," he explained in an interview. He has stated that, however, he is not now a member of the Executive and that within the scope of his duties as a deputy he has "no responsibility"