The Government has raised its tone this Friday and demands that Alberto Núñez Feijóo provide explanations for the alleged offer of one million euros to Koldo García in exchange for information against Pedro Sánchez and his inner circle. "If this is true, this is the biggest attack on democracy suffered in recent times," warned the Executive's spokesperson, Elma Saiz, in an interview on 'La Séptima'.
Saiz insisted that the account must be investigated and asked the president of the PP to speak out "clearly and forcefully." Sánchez had already demanded explanations from him on Thursday at the Ibero-American Summit. The minister compared the alleged operation, if it is proven, to the "dirty war" of the Kitchen case, in which the alleged espionage of former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas was tried.
The PSOE considers going to court
The PSOE's Organization Secretary, Rebeca Torró, has confirmed that the party's legal services are studying taking legal action. The socialists denounce an alleged attempt to influence the testimony of an accused to bring down the Government. Torró also requested that a 2024 report from the Civil Guard's Central Operative Unit (UCO) be examined, which, she pointed out, contained indications of contacts between the PP's inner circle and García. For now, the party has not announced the filing of a complaint.
García, who is serving a sentence for the mask case, claims that Alberto Durán, the PP's lawyer in the case, offered to pay for his defense and give him up to one million euros in exchange for statements against Sánchez, his wife, Begoña Gómez, and other leaders. Cadena SER, which disseminated the account of José Luis Ábalos's former advisor, assures that three sources corroborate that the offer existed. Durán denies it.
The documented part is the 242,000 euros that Dos Mil Palabras, publisher of OkDiario, paid for García's defense. His lawyer, Leticia de la Hoz, provided the invoices and transfer receipts to the Audiencia Nacional. These documents prove who paid the fees. It remains to be clarified whether there was an additional offer and whether the PP played any role in it. Okdiario rejects García's account and has published a contract with him for a book and a documentary series.
The PP denies the offer and Saiz demands explanations
The PP spokesperson in Congress, Ester Muñoz, assured this Friday on Antena 3 that her party "never" offered money to García to point fingers at Sánchez. "It wasn't necessary," she stated, and defended that there are already judicial investigations underway and convictions in the mask case.
Saiz reproached the PP for now discrediting the former advisor after having used his statements to attack Sánchez. Feijóo already echoed García's unsubstantiated accusations about the financing of the socialist primaries, and the PP even registered written questions in Congress following his statements.
The government spokesperson also asked for explanations from Feijóo and the regional president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, regarding the institutional advertising received by Okdiario from administrations governed by the PP. Saiz wants both to comment on that money and on the payments for García's defense.
