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José Luis Ábalos (64) has once again made the news for the arrest of Koldo García, the
right-hand man of the former Minister
of Development, for a scheme of commissions for contracts of 50 million euros.
The socialist politician was Minister of Public Works (2018-2021), secretary of organization and spokesperson for the PSOE in Parliament.
His star seemed to go out in 2021, shortly after the
poor results of the
Madrid elections became known, the president fired him and appointed him president of the Interior Commission, a position that was initially conflictive but in which he was doing well.
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Investigation.
Ábalos' advisor led the plot that requested his "intermediation" to obtain more than 50 million in contracts in the darkest part of the pandemic
Editor: ESTEBAN URREIZTIETA Madrid
Ábalos' advisor led the plot that requested his "intermediation" to obtain more than 50 million in contracts in the darkest part of the pandemic
Courts.
The National Court intercepted the phones of the Koldo plot after 17 months of investigation by Anti-Corruption
Editor: ÁNGELA MARTIALAY
Editorial: GEMA PEÑALOSA Madrid
The National Court intercepted the phones of the Koldo plot after 17 months of investigation by Anti-Corruption
Coincidentally (that is to say) the company Soluciones de Gestión y Apoyo a Empresas SL stopped obtaining
contracts from the Ministry
of Public Works at the same time that Ábalos, its owner, was dismissed.
However, in the last elections, Ábalos re-entered the
electoral machinery of the PSOE
that brought Sánchez to the Moncloa after agreeing on his investiture with the independentistas.
Those who know Ábalos say that he is
a very nice guy,
not given to intrigue, whom even his Vox adversaries tend to like.
After his departure from the Government, he began
a course on the Armed Forces
at the Center for National Defense Studies, in fact he is the first former minister to attend these classes.
But above all, he took the opportunity to resolve various issues in his personal life.
He has separated from his third wife
(he has five children with three wives), police officer Carolina Perles, advisor at the Madrid Government Delegation and mother of his two young children.
Ábalos
lives alone in Madrid with his fourth teenage daughter
.
And he rebuilt his life, although not definitively.
In the Fallas of 2021 he was seen
with his new girlfriend.
The socialist felt "liberated" from the stress of the Ministry and today would not feel inclined to lead a top-level position.
Not in vain (the joke is worth it),
he was born in Torrente
(Valencia) but the demonym does not make up the name.
Throughout his time in the Ministry, PP
accused Ábalos of nepotism
during his time in Development.
Always in the spotlight since
Delcygate (an episode that was never clarified in which the now famous Koldo García was also present)
, certain trips
to Equatorial Guinea or the Dominican Republic
were ruined .
But he defended himself by saying that they were
personal;
He is closely linked to Latin America since he worked in international cooperation.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the former minister said he was
surprised by the revelations.