Reactions after the session of the Secretariat Committee on May 5, 2022

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The Commission on Official Secrets, which is meeting today for the first time in the entire legislature and in which the director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban, has appeared, has come to the conclusion after nearly four hours of session that it Four pro-independence parties attended: ERC, EH Bildu, JxCAT and the Cup.

After the intervention of the director of the CNI, the spokeswoman for EH Picture in Congress, Mertxe Aizpurua, has assured that “the explanations were completely inadequate. There are still many unknowns. As we feared, practically nothing has been clarified. We have not been surprised. The Commission of Inquiry is still more necessary than ever”. Likewise, he added that “there are still many things to be clarified and continue with the same unknowns that we had at the entrance. All those surprises that, according to the Secretary of Defense, we would find in this committee are notable for their absence Many doubts and few surprises.

The spokesperson for CKD in Congress, Gabriel Rufianhas revealed that the National Intelligence Center has admitted to spying on a certain number of the independents on the list published by The New Yorkerbut for the rest of the people who have been victims of wiretapping, including the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, he has identified two possible “culprits”: a foreign country, or members of the so-called “sewers” of the state.

United we can has asked the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, to release the information presented by the CNI director, as it should be exposed in light of the “maximum seriousness” of the Pegasus case of spying on politicians . United We Can spokesperson in Congress, Paul Echeniquehas stressed that “we left this committee more concerned than we came in”.

For its part, the spokesman for the Socialist Group in Congress, Hector Gomezpraised the “clarity and strength” of the director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban, in denying illegal espionage of pro-independence politicians, while simultaneously questioning the information contained in The New Yorker “We are making an extremely positive assessment, something has become very clear: the government of Spain has moved within the strict sphere of legality,” he stated at a subsequent press conference.

The spokeswoman for PP, Cuca Gamarrahas defended that President Pedro Sánchez’s appearance in Congress is “necessary more than ever” to provide all the explanations about the spying on his cell phone and whether other members of the Spanish government are infected with Pegasus.

For its part, the spokesperson for Vox, Ivan Espinosahas expressed full confidence in the director of the National Intelligence Center and has said he hopes she will not become the “scapegoat” or “scapegoat” of the “network” of political espionage.

The commission was terminated after Esteban gave account through the Pegasus system for the telephone espionage to government president Pedro Sánchez, defense secretary Margarita Robles, and more than 60 pro-independence politicians.

The meeting, which took place in the Mariana Pineda room, where the Council of Spokespersons of Congress usually meets, took place in anticipation and with great security measures, as the delegates committed themselves not to divulge secrets and had to deposit their cell phones. in locked lockers before entering.