Félix Bolaños asked the PP to clarify whether it held meetings with Koldo García and Leire Díez in which money was offered and what, exactly, was the objective of those contacts. The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes thus increased pressure on the popular party after the new accusations launched by the former socialist militant.
In an interview on RNE, reported by Europa Press, Bolaños focused on a specific question: “The fundamental thing is whether the PP offered money to Koldo García”. The minister recalled that first the popular party denied a meeting and then, according to his version, it seemed to be confirmed that it had indeed taken place.
The Government demands an explanation of the content of the meeting, not just its existence
Bolaños did not limit himself to asking for confirmation about the meeting. He also demanded that it be specified why it took place and whether it had any purpose other than what is now publicly discussed.
“Were they going to talk about the weather or was there some other objective?” said the minister, before insisting that these are questions that “must be clarified”. The phrase marks a political accusation, but does not by itself prove what was discussed at that meeting or who initiated the contact.
The Minister of Justice linked this debate to what he considers a possible attempt to fabricate complaints against the President of the Government, his wife, and members of the Executive. In his opinion, “offering money to falsely accuse these people of crimes” would be “very serious.”
Leire Díez places the clash in her book and the PP responds with the same political battle
The pressure on the PP comes after Leire Díez, indicted for coordinating the alleged plot investigated in the Audiencia Nacional to disrupt judicial cases affecting Pedro Sánchez's government, maintained in her book Desmontando Las Cloacas that lawyers close to the PP offered money in exchange for information against the president.
According to her account, these movements would have reproduced a logic similar to what, always according to her version, was attempted with Koldo García. The former socialist militant states that the assignment was the same: “to attack the Government by inventing things”.
From the PP, the response was immediate. Sources from the popular leadership maintained that this accusation explains why the PSOE has not taken Díez to court. “Now it makes more sense to me why the PSOE has not filed a complaint against her,” they pointed out.
The party leadership, furthermore, has denied having offered payments to Koldo García to defame Sánchez. Alberto Núñez Feijóo assured this week that the PP “never” offered anything to the former ministerial advisor, although he maintains that he agreed with the until now PP lawyer the payment of his defenses and one million euros in exchange for information to “overthrow” Pedro Sánchez.
In parallel, Díez states in his book that “satellites” of the PP offered him two million euros and the payment of his defense to lie about the President of the Government. He also says that these alleged offers came accompanied by warnings about his judicial situation and promises of help for those who participated in that “trick of justice.”
For now, the clash of versions leaves two questions open: whether those meetings actually took place and what was offered in them. The political debate remains open while each side maintains its narrative and none of the described accusations has been resolved in judicial terms.
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