Política

Alberto Núñez Feijóo has been very critical of the “agreed interview” that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero granted to RTVE to explain the jewels valued at 1.3 million euros and the alleged collection of a commission for helping with the rescue of Plus Ultra. In the opinion of the PP leader, Zapatero “answered nothing” and assured that Pedro Sánchez “is in Zapatero’s hands and Zapatero is in Julio Martínez’s hands,” referring to the businessman who confessed that the former President of the Government took 1% of the Plus Ultra rescue.

Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero today reaffirmed his innocence regarding the Plus Ultra case in an interview on RTVE’s Mañaneros. Zapatero maintained that he did not intervene in the rescue of Plus Ultra, distanced himself from the confession of his friend Julio Martínez, and justified the possession of the jewels seized in his office as a “personal courtesy” gift. These are some of the most notable phrases from his intervention.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero admitted this Thursday, in his first public interview on TVE since he was charged with alleged corruption offenses on May 19, the enormous concern that these accusations have caused in the socialist ranks. “I suffer a lot thinking that the PSOE could suffer because of the situation I am in, I suffer a lot,” he acknowledged. But to all socialists who maintain confidence in his innocence, starting with Pedro Sánchez, he conveyed: “I am not going to ask for an act of faith.”

Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has publicly come out to defend his innocence, his work as a consultant after leaving his political career, and to deny that he exerted any influence in favor of companies, specifically Plus Ultra. The former socialist leader has come forward 48 hours after his friend Julio Martínez Martínez chose to cooperate with justice and point to him as the ideologue and manager of the activities of the company investigated by the National Court, Análisis Relevante.

Christmas lottery tickets are now on sale. The rush of the present gives no respite, and procrastinating is for idlers. What can be done today, don’t leave for tomorrow. If we buy concert tickets one and two years in advance, there’s nothing strange about getting the lottery tickets…

Former Prime Minister José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero will grant an interview to public television this Thursday. It is his first public appearance after his indictment and after having testified before the judge, José Luís Calama, who is investigating him in the National Court.

The five members of the electoral board of October 1, 2017; Tània Verge, former minister of ERC; the lawyer Marc Marsal; Josep Pagès, current MP for Junts; the professor of Political Science, Jordi Matas, and the lawyer Marta Alsina have been amnestied.

The Supreme Court has just lifted the precautionary measures imposed on businessman Víctor de Aldama, so he will be able to start traveling abroad to continue with his business. This was agreed by the Chamber that sentenced him to four and a half years in prison for corrupting the then Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos and his advisor Koldo García.

The European Commission says it has received the complaint against Spain filed by the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, in response to the maneuver by the Court of Auditors not to directly apply the Amnesty Law, but refrains from making any comment on the matter. The Community Executive has also reiterated that it is aware of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the amnesty law, but that “it is up to the relevant courts to apply the rulings of the Court of Justice.”

In contrast to what happened last summer, when the management of forest fires intensified the political clash between the central Executive and some autonomous communities governed by the Popular Party, such as those of Madrid or Castilla y León, Pedro Sánchez and the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, both socialists, agreed this Wednesday on the importance of coordination and joint work between the different administrations, “shoulder to shoulder”, to fight against fire and the consequences of the climate emergency. The mayor of Tamajón (Guadalajara), Eugenio Esteban, of the PP, also thanked this collaboration between administrations, during the visit that Sánchez and Page made to the advanced command post installed in this town to combat the La Mierla forest fire, which has already devastated more than 32,000 hectares and has become the largest in Castilla-La Mancha.