The director of the CNI appears in Congress for the cases of espionage against political leaders

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Paz Esteban will appear behind closed doors in the official secret commission and the deputies will not be able to reveal the contents of his statement.

Euskaraz irakurri: CNIko zuzendariak agerraldia egingo du ostegunean Kongresuan, espioitza kasuei buruzko azalpenak emateko

Congress President Meritxell Batet has officially official secrets committee to be opened next Thursday by the director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Peace Stephento clarify the espionage denounced by the Spanish government and by Catalan and Basque pro-independence politicians.

The president of the congress chairing this committee, composed last week by the congress plenary and in which pro-independence parties such as ERC and EH Bildu will be present, convened this body after two years at 9:00 am on Thursday. without meeting each other.

Esteban will have to provide clarity behind closed doors and in secret about the data he may have about the… spy on over 60 pro-independence politicians Catalans and Basques and after I learned that the mobile phone of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchezwas also spied on twice with the Pegasus system, on May 19 and 31, 2021, while that of the minister Margaret Oaks was infected in June.

your appearance cannot be revealed by the delegates present in this Commission for the Control of Appropriations for Reserved Expenses, who can examine the documentation themselves in the presence of the authority issuing it, and make notes, but cannot obtain copies or reproductions.

For his part, the Spanish government has expressed its support for the director of the CNIthough he has avoided ruling out a possible resignation of Esteban in the coming weeks.

In that sense, spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez has assured that decisions must be made based on the information and emphasized that what happened must first be determined.

“We can’t talk about the future”, Rodríguez noted when asked directly if she could ensure that the director of the CNI does not resign or quit in the coming weeks. For example, he has indicated that they will “make decisions in this regard” at all times, taking into account all information available to the Executive.


Source: EITB

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