It is too early to know if we are facing one of the many
serious cases of corruption that we have seen too many times in the awarding of public aid and subsidies in an irregular way
.
But of course it has all the traces.
And because of the important economic amount, because of its importance and because of the detrimental effects that it can have for our country while waiting for community funds for post-Covid reconstruction to reach us like manna,
the Government cannot continue for another day.
shutting up for an answer
The rescue of the
airline Plus Ultra
approved with loans worth 53 million euros is a monumental scandal on which, every day that passes, new information emerges that confirms the cataract of irregularities that would have occurred and the inexplicability of
a decision that only seems to be due to secret reasons that the Sánchez Executive is obliged to clarify immediately
.
There is a need for an investigative commission in Congress, yes, as several opposition parties have already demanded, that allows us to pull the thread and see what is behind this issue in which everything smells bad.
But, in addition, the directly splattered ministers must leave without delay to give an account with light and stenographers of this operation.
This government is not exactly characterized by accountability, a basic requirement of every leader in a democratic system.
But, after the lies that he has so far incurred
Open them up
, the silence leaves Moncloa in a very compromised position. As we publish today,
Plus Ultra -of executives linked to the Bolivarian regime- resorted to the rescue of the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales after previously crashing at the banking window
.
He went to no less than Banco Santander, BBVA and Bankinter to grant him credits guaranteed by the Official Credit Institute after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The three entities refused to process them due to their excessive risk.
They valued, among other factors, that Plus Ultra had never made a profit since its constitution in 2011 and that the ravages of Covid would be lasting in the less solid companies in sectors such as air.
In contrast, knowing all this, the Government approved the suspicious injection in the form of ordinary and participative loans worth 53 million to be repaid in seven years.
A huge amount that far exceeds the public aid received by other airlines with a greater presence in the sector, business volume and of course strategic importance.
The Minister of Development must clarify the role of his Department and, if he can, the falsehoods in which he has become entangled, as has already happened to him with another matter that also links him to Chavismo, the famous Delcygate
.
But
the head of the Treasury, María Jesús Montero, is in the eye of the hurricane
Since the Sepi depends on his ministry and it is she who has defended the viability and other fallacies about the airline.
The rescue violates the agreement with Brussels in terms of competition.
And this puts us in doubt when, if the problems are unblocked, a total of 140,000 million will have to reach us in community aid for economic recovery.
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