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The PP presents a letter in Congress to request the resignation of Armengol due to the ‘Koldo case’

Miguel Tellado, parliamentary spokesperson for the PP, stated this Monday in a press conference that his party has already registered the document in Congress to request the resignation of the president of the Chamber, Francina Armengol, due to what they consider her relationship with the Koldo casethe alleged corruption network concocted to obtain public contracts for the supply of masks in the worst of the pandemic in exchange for the payment of allegedly illegal commissions and in which Koldo García, former advisor to former Minister of Development José Luis Ábalos, is being investigated.

“The Government of the Balearic Islands chaired by Armengol is being investigated by the courts for purchasing masks in the pandemic with an administrative process plagued by irregularities to the parent company of the corrupt plot that is being investigated,” said Tellado, who added: “ Today we know that the president of Congress paid for masks that were useless, knowing that they were a scam and that that money from the Balearic Islands paid for a scam and ended up paying for the ferraris of those involved in the plot. “The Balearic Government, within days of receiving the masks, already confirmed that they were useless, and yet, a week later, it paid 3.7 million euros with surprising speed to the company that allegedly rewarded Koldo. [García] with juicy bites,” continued Tellado, who presented the president of Congress as an “alleged necessary collaborator.”

The company investigated in Koldo case, Management Solutions, delivered to the Balearic Government 1.4 million KN95 type masks which, as concluded in June 2020 by the Ministry of Labor laboratory consulted by the Balearic Health Service, were of lower quality than those promised in the contract. . The socialist Executive chaired by Francina Armengol began the procedures for the return of the money in March 2023, with a communication to the company, which responded indignantly. Despite her protest, the claim process was launched in July. The new Executive of the PP of the Balearic Islands did not follow the procedure on time and now the claim may expire, according to the jurisprudence on this type of litigation.

In summary: the regional Executive chaired by Armengol bought masks from the scheme in 2020, investigated their quality and found that they were inferior to what was promised, but did not request the return of 2.6 million euros until three years later, which threatens to expire. with the new PP Government

The evidence from the summary of the judicial investigation only clarifies that the businessmen called Koldo García to help them avoid paying the 2.6 million to the Balearic Islands, following insulting the senior socialist officials who initiated the claim file. The minister’s former advisor reassured them, promising that he would negotiate a solution with senior leaders of the PP. But the investigation has not been able to prove that these meetings took place or that there were payments to officials or politicians to avoid the claim.

Tellado, however, has accused both Armengol and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. “The President of the Government must also give explanations for everything that has happened,” said Tellado, who stated that the case affects both Sánchez and “his party.” [el PSOE] and to his Government.” “It is a Government surrounded by corruption and escapes from giving the explanations that the whole of Spanish society demands,” he added.