The PP charges against Sánchez after the accusations of businessman Julio Martínez that implicate Zapatero in the rescue of Plus Ultra: "Everyone has lied"

The leadership of the Popular Party reacted this Tuesday to the document that businessman Julio Martínez sent to judge José Luis Calama, in which he directly implicates José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the management of the public rescue of Plus Ultra and admits to having agreed to a 1% commission on the aid granted by SEPI. Popular leaders have used this document to direct their criticism at Pedro Sánchez's Government and demand explanations.

The Deputy Secretary of Institutional Regeneration of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has assured that Julio Martínez's statements not only affect the former President of the Government, but also compromise the current Executive. In an interview granted to 'RNE', the popular leader stated that the document sent to the judge "dynamites" Pedro Sánchez's Government and pointed to a possible case of influence peddling related to the granting of public aid to Plus Ultra.

Gamarra has raised that, if such alleged influence peddling existed, the question now is to clarify over whom it was exercised within the Government. In this regard, she has demanded that the Executive clarify the circumstances in which public aid to Plus Ultra was approved and has insisted that the rescue was questioned from the first moment, which is why she believes that judicial investigations are allowing aspects to be understood that, she said, remained unexplained. "There were companies waiting but this one (Plus Ultra) did not have to wait at all and we know that this lack of waiting was allegedly related to the collection of 1% on 53 million euros," she expressed.

The Secretary General of the PP, Miguel Tellado, has spoken along the same lines, who has assured that Julio Martínez's statements not only compromise the judicial situation of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, but also that of Pedro Sánchez's Executive. Through a message published on the social network 'X', the popular leader has stated that "everyone has lied" about the circumstances surrounding the airline's rescue.

Julio Martínez y los de Plus Ultra confiesan que Zapatero cobró un 1% de comisión por el rescate. No solo complican el futuro judicial de Zapatero, también el de Sánchez y su Gobierno.

Todos han mentido.https://t.co/RfgRZ95nvm

— Miguel Tellado (@Mtelladof) July 21, 2026

The Deputy Secretary of Health and Social Policy, Carmen Fúnez, has also reacted, who has questioned the version offered until now by the former President of the Government. The popular leader recalled that Zapatero had denied any link with the company Análisis Relevante and pointed out that the letter sent by Julio Martínez contradicts that version by placing him at the forefront of the mediation to obtain the airline's rescue. "Does Sánchez continue to defend him?" she asked on 'X'.

For her part, the spokesperson for the popular parliamentary group in Congress, Ester Muñoz, has demanded clarification on which member of the Government handled the alleged efforts made by Zapatero and who finally authorized the aid granted to Plus Ultra. In her opinion, the businessman's explanations open new questions about the role played by the Executive during the processing of the rescue.