The majority of the plenary session of Congress, with the PP abstaining and Vox voting against, has given the green light for the establishment of an investigative committee. PSOE and PP are engaged in a fierce debate, with mutual accusations.
The plenary session of Congress approved by majority on Thursday, with the abstinence of the PP and the mood in it in return for by Voxthe creation of one new investigative committee about alleged cases of corruption in the purchasing masks during the pandemic, which will start with the “Koldo case”.
The new investigative committee of Congress, at the request of the PSOE, has received 175 positive votes, those of Sánchez’s parliamentary partners, plus CC, UPN and the former Socialist deputy José Luis Ábalos136 PP deputies abstained and 33 Vox deputies voted against.
This is the third commission of inquiry, after the commissions of inquiry established in the Senate and the Balearic Parliament, and on this occasion the aim is to clarify “the facts, responsibilities and lessons” regarding the government’s contracting of health care facilities during the pandemic of the state. and its various organizations, as well as other government departments.
The Commision Not only will therefore focus on the “Koldo Case”but also in the alleged defrauding of other mask contracts related to the The community of Madrid or to his city council “without double standards, with absolute transparency and with conviction, no matter who falls.”
In a angry debateHe PSOE He has focused much of his intervention on Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso and the tax investigation into her partner.
The one who was a socialist parliamentarian and is now a member of the Mixed Group, José Luis Ábaloshas also supported the committee and expressed its wish for this body to investigate “all cases”.
He PPfor his part, has chosen to abstain by making the resignation of the President of Congress, Francina Armengol, a condition for his ‘yes’, since she is one of those involved in the ‘Koldo case’ . Rep. Macarena Montesinos has even gone so far as to say that the ‘Koldo case’ is ‘not a conspiracy of four socialist sausages. There are all those who are or have been something during Sanchismo.’
The committee has also received the support of the PNVwho has called for the “clarification” of what happened, and EH Bilduwhich sees in this initiative “a great opportunity to open the doors and windows of the institutions” and see “who and how ended up in a particularly difficult situation” for citizens.
Source: EITB
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