The Congress of Deputies has reiterated that it will not pay compensation to the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos, considering that he requested it when he was suspended from rights as a parliamentarian. The decision confirms the criterion that the Lower House had previously conveyed regarding this request.
According to parliamentary sources, the internal regulations establish that deputies who are suspended from their rights and duties cannot access certain economic benefits linked to the exercise of their parliamentary activity.
Ábalos had requested that compensation after ceasing to exercise his parliamentary functions, but Congress maintains that the moment in which he registered the petition, during the period in which he was suspended, prevents it from being processed or granted according to the current rules.
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