Alberto Núñez Feijóo denied this Monday that the Popular Party has "ever" offered anything to Koldo García, the former ministerial advisor whose version points to an alleged pact to pay for his defenses and one million euros in exchange for information against Pedro Sánchez.
The president of the PP, in an interview on the Cuatro program En boca de todos, maintained that "not a single euro has been offered to anyone" on behalf of the party and added that there is no internal authorization to propose such contacts. Feijóo defended that this accusation is "absolutely false".
The PP closes ranks, but the meeting does appear on the scene
The party's public response, however, was nuanced by the intervention of Cuca Gamarra, deputy secretary of Institutional Regeneration of the PP, who this Monday acknowledged that there was indeed a meeting between her lawyer, Alberto Durán, and Koldo García, after other leaders had denied that encounter.
Gamarra insisted that there was no offer of one million euros channeled through OkDiario for García to lie about the Government, as the former advisor maintains. She also stated that the PP has already given all the "explanations" about that episode and recalled that the party has requested 30 years in prison for Koldo García.
Conflicting raffles: PP's denial versus García's accusation
Feijóo also attributed the dissemination of this information to a journalist whom he accused of having "defamed" them, which is why, he said, the PP has had to report him. The popular leader presented his denial as categorical, but the controversy remains alive because the party's own leadership now admits the meeting while denying any economic or political pact.
For now, the clash is reduced to conflicting versions: Koldo García maintains that there was an agreement to obtain information against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, while the PP completely rejects that interpretation and defends that it did not hand over money or enable anyone to do so. The discussion, for now, remains open pending Koldo García putting on the table evidence that, according to him, exists and proves his accusation.
