Juanma Lamet Madrid

Madrid

Updated Tuesday, March 12, 2024-01:38

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The Senate Plenary will vote this Tuesday on the creation of a commission of inquiry into the

Koldo case

.

It is a mere procedure without suspense, since the PP has a large absolute majority in this Chamber.

So the most interesting thing is not what, but why.

Who will the

popular people

call to their commission?

What calendar are you going to design?

Will they stretch the gum to the maximum?

Will they call those designated in ascending order, from least to most important, or will they alternate between technical appearances and sacred cows?

Will they call Pedro Sánchez?

And even his wife, given the information about the rescue of

Air Europa

?

There are many questions that the PP has left in the air, to measure the information of such a succulent instrument of opposition.

What is clear is that the

popular party

will call

Koldo García

, the former advisor of José Luis Ábalos, who gives name to the alleged corruption plot, to their commission.

This has been confirmed by

EL MUNDO

in various sources from the Upper House.

Furthermore, this newspaper has confirmed that both the legal services of the Upper House and those of the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Senate have already given approval for the president of Congress to attend said commission.

When announcing its creation, the

Popular Party

acknowledged that it was not clear whether the third authority of the State and president of the Cortes Generales could attend the commission as one more.

"The legal services of the PP and the Chamber give the ok and see no problem," say sources from the

popular

leadership .

"Any person residing in Spain is obliged to attend, if summoned, because otherwise they would face a criminal charge," the sources add.

The Genoa leadership recognizes that they want Francina Armengol to appear on said commission, but they assure that the decision has not yet been made.

"We are open for everyone to appear," they repeat.

It will be up to Alberto Núñez Feijóo to confirm it 100%.

"In addition, there will be a first list of those appearing, but it can be expanded," they add in the Popular Group leadership in the Senate.

EUROPEAN FUNDS

It must be remembered that the plot sold masks to the Government of the Balearic Islands when Armengol was its president, in 2020. And this newspaper has been revealing a series of irregularities and bad practices in the management of this purchase of material.

Not in vain, it had defective quality (

fake

) and was not suitable for healthcare personnel.

Furthermore, it was stored and allowed to expire, and its payment was charged to European funds knowing that the masks could not be used, among other vicissitudes that have placed Armengol under the media spotlight and pointed out by the opposition, which is calling for his resignation. .

After the constitution of the commission, this week or the following week at the latest, the Upper House will elect the Commission's Bureau, the president and the spokespersons for each group.

Once again, the PP will control all the procedures, with its majority.

After this procedure, the Board of the investigation commission will decide the deadlines for summoning those appearing, and who they are.

The only one confirmed 100% by this newspaper is Koldo García.

The PP wants him to give "explanations" in the Senate about the scope of the plot and its ramification by administrations governed by the PSOE.

It would be shocking not to call Koldo to talk about the Koldo case, ironically a PP leader.

Two weeks ago, Génova also pointed to the appearance of several PSOE leaders in this commission, but the leadership of the Popular Group in the Senate assures that nothing is closed about them.

COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS

The Balearic Parliament will today approve launching a commission of investigation into the payment of 3.7 million euros that the Armengol Government made to the scheme in 2020 for masks that were never used.

It has been promoted by Vox and PP.

The Balearic PSOE did not want to clarify yesterday whether or not it will support the commission and claims that it has already given all the explanations.