Vox tries to silence Juan García-Gallardo and he responds with several questions that corner Abascal: he has not received a response

The former vice president of Castilla y León, Juan García-Gallardo, has responded, and disseminated on the social network X, to the request received on behalf of Editorial Ivat, S.L. with a letter in which he questions the legal basis of the claim and focuses on several pieces of information published about economic ties related to the circle of Santiago Abascal. “It does not accredit that ‘legal representation’,” he points out, adding that “the Commercial Registry does not publish that supposed legal representation, nor any power of attorney in its favor.”

In his response García-Gallardo states that the data he presents are “public and/or have been published” and cites journalistic information about payments from Editorial Ivat to Lidia Bedman. Specifically, it states that “Editorial Ivat, S.L. has paid Lidia Bedman, spouse of Santiago Abascal, since September 2019, ‘€60,000 per year’ for ‘social media and marketing consulting’”, according to publications by El Confidencial.

The former leader also alludes to documentation that, according to him, would include accounting entries and invoices, such as one from January 2022 for 10,000 euros for “social media and marketing consulting”. Furthermore, he maintains that “no one has denied the existence of the invoices, nor their amounts, nor that Editorial Ivat paid them, nor that Lidia Bedman collected them”, stressing that these facts “have not been denied”.

García-Gallardo broadens the focus to the party itself and assures that Vox “paid 103.272 euros to Editorial Ivat, S.L. in the 2020 fiscal year,” information that he attributes to publications such as The Objective. According to what he states, the party would not have denied that payment nor the contractual relationship with the company during that period.

The document also includes patrimonial references, such as the purchase in July 2020 of a home in Madrid by Santiago Abascal and Lidia Bedman under a community property regime, linking this data with information on income received. All of this is part of a response in which García-Gallardo not only rejects the request received, but also raises a series of questions that, he claims, have not received an answer to date.

Vox calls for rectification and denies “secret” payments

One hour after Gallardo's publication on the social network X, Vox's account has disseminated a letter sent to El Confidencial in which it requests the rectification of information published on March 25, 2026. The document, signed by its national legal coordinator, Marta Castro, maintains that the statements “are not truthful” and are “inaccurate in essential aspects.”

The party defends that “all payments made by Vox are made against invoice, are duly declared and accounted for” and adds that they are part of its annual accounts, “inspected and audited by the Court of Accounts without any objection”. Therefore, it considers that classifying these payments as “secret”, “lacks factual basis”.

Likewise, Vox assures that the contracted services “respond to market value” and are linked to its political activity, insisting that the published information “has not been contrasted with this party”, which, in its judgment, violates the right of rectification contained in current legislation.