The European Public Prosecutor’s Office demands the National Court’s investigation into the Koldo case

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has been declared authorized to do so take the Koldo casein which the National Court has so far investigated the award of a series of mask contracts to a company in a pandemic and in which one of the main defendants is Koldo García, former advisor to former Minister José Luis Ábalos.

After requesting information from the judge to verify this one of those contracts was co-financed with European fundsthe European Public Prosecutor’s Office has decided to take charge of the judicial investigation conducted so far by the National Court.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which had already taken over the investigation into the awards made by the governments of the Balearic and Canary Islands to the same company, therefore intends to “investigate jointly all contracts awarded by the various public authorities to the same company awarded in a short time.” period,” a statement said.

The decision of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office comes at a time when Judge Ismael Moreno has submitted a report from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil, which shows that former Minister Ábalos was aware of the contracts under investigation where the case turns, due to the actions of his former advisor Koldo García.

It also highlights the role played by several senior officials of the current government, which motivated the judge to request yesterday from the Ministry of Transport the emails of two of them: the current Undersecretary of this department, Jesús Manuel Gómez, and also Javier Sánchez Fuentefría, current General Director of Budgets of the Ministry of Finance and then General Director of Organization and Inspection of the Ministry under José Luis Ábalos.

What happens now?

According to legal sources, the judge of the National Court, Ismael Moreno, will now ask for a report from the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which has so far conducted the investigation with him.

After receiving this report, which is not binding, if Anti-Corruption opposes the claim of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the magistrate may issue a competition issue before the Supreme Court, which will decide who will receive the case, as prescribed by the rule regulating the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Spain.

If the European Public Prosecutor’s Office ultimately stays with the investigation, the national court that has conducted the investigation so far will leave it entirely in its own hands. taken over by the Public Prosecution Service.