Illa says “a few” have abused contracts during the pandemic, but they have been “hard to detect”.

The Minister of Health during the coronavirus pandemic, the socialist Salvador Illarecognized this Monday in Congress that in those months of 2020 there were “some who abused” the contracts for materials against Covid-19, but claims that given the context it was “difficult to detect” for the administrations.

In addition, the former Minister of Health has assured that he saw the advisor of former Minister José Luis Ábalos only once, Koldo Garciawho appeared before the Senate committee this morning and has insisted that it is “false” that the ministry bought the main company under investigation in the plot, Management solutions.

Illa, who is now the Socialist candidate for the Generalitat, has appeared before the Congress Commission of Inquiry, to which he has handed over the case. a 32-page report about the procedures followed during those months of state of alarm and emergency purchases.

As he explained, at that time the Ministry of Health and health authorities received, through various channels, multiple offers from individuals, companies and intermediaries offering supplies of different types of materials.

“Many of these proposals have apparently been made by opportunists and startersOn several occasions, prices were disproportionate and even some offers were immediately considered scams,” he pointed out.

According to him, the Ministry of Health has acted in a prudent, responsible, careful and effective manner in the task of ensuring that the healthcare system and all citizens had the necessary equipment to protect themselves against the virus.”

And all this, even though, according to Illa, “there were a few people who took advantage of that situation.” But in his opinion, “this minority does not and cannot in any way overshadow the exemplary behavior of Spanish society, let alone the exemplary efforts of public health.”