Among the many political corpses that Sánchez left in the gutter when he remodeled the Government, Minister

Ábalos

was one of the most scorched by the many scandals that surrounded him.

His dismissal today prevents him from having to present his resignation due to the serious nature of the alleged

Plus Ultra

corruption case

.

But this does not free the Executive from having to assume more responsibilities.

And today the one who is most in question is María Jesús Montero as the holder of the portfolio of which d

It depends on the State Society of Industrial Participations, which is the one who approved the rescue of the airline linked to a series of Venezuelan businessmen very close to the Chavista dictatorship.

Let us remember that a Criminal Court initiated proceedings against the Sepi board of directors, of which a team of marked political character is part of which the

number two

of Montero.

And she herself burned like a bonze defending the operation.

Yesterday, the judge investigating the matter ordered the suspension of the imminent delivery to Plus Ultra of 34 million - more than half of the whopping 53 million granted by the Fund to Support the Solvency of Strategic Companies - because it is not justified aid and could involve "a significant loss of assets without the possibility of restoration."

The judge does not believe the government's reports

and has already appointed an independent expert.

The blow for Sánchez is devastating, who continues without giving explanations for this matter, which has all the traces of constituting an act of prevarication and embezzlement of public funds.

Through the State Attorney, Moncloa, at the height of cynicism, alleges that the stoppage of the disbursement could lead to the unfeasibility of the airline and cause the 19 million public money that it has already benefited from, distributed unfortunately before the

Justice

it could act as it is doing now in safeguarding the general interest of all Spaniards.

After the lies in which ministers like Ábalos were entangled in their day, Montero and Vice President Nadia Calviño came out to justify the millionaire rescue of Plus Ultra with the pilgrim argument that it is a "strategic company."

The reality was quite different.

This airline is not even among the top 30 companies in the sector, it has a negligible market share that barely reaches 0.1% of total flights and has not made a profit since its creation.

Before the pandemic,

the company had proven to be unviable

, and for this reason the banks refused to give him assistance before Moncloa gave it to him.

Plus Ultra's main shareholders maintain close relationships with Maduro's number two and operate in the tax haven of Panama.

The suspicious bailout is a disservice to Spain's foreign image and hurts us especially when our country is about to receive an unprecedented volume of aid from EU recovery funds, money that a government still has to manage today more in the trigger.

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