Former Vox deputy Macarena Olona accuses the party of “a diversion of public money of 11 million euros” through her book, ‘I am Macarena’, published this week, accusations that have been immediately dismissed by Santiago Abascal’s party. . According to the former party leader, seven million would have been sent to the Disenso foundation, and another four to the “Tizona commercial company”, the communication company linked to Vox founded by Méndez-Monasterio and Gabriel Ariza, son of Julio Ariza, the leader. of Intereconomy.
Santiago Abascal defended this Friday, in an OKdiario forum, the regularity of the seven million euros allocated by Vox to Disenso and has shown himself to be so “proud” of the work of the party’s foundation that he would like to be able to increase this contribution. “There have been seven million, if they could it would be 77,” stated Abascal, who stressed that the financing of the training is subject to independent audits and to the Court of Auditors without objections.
“I am not here to make text comments or to comment on the opinions of some or other people,” said the general secretary of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, in an interview with RTVE, in response to these accusations. Garriga also recalled that “the accounts are audited” and added that “the Spaniards are not worried about the lies that some are willing to tell.” Likewise, he has avoided answering whether they plan to take legal action against Olona.
The party’s spokesperson in Congress, Pepa Millán, spoke in the same vein yesterday, asking to leave comments and evaluations about the book for the “gatherings” and “reading clubs.” Vox deputy José María Figaredo also appeared before the press questioning Olona’s source of information in the corruption accusations, and assured that they will not be able to comment on it until the party knows the data on the matter.
The former leader justified yesterday, in an interview on RNE, that she has not reported the case to justice because her role as State lawyer allows her to know when she should speak in court and when to do so as a “Spanish woman with qualified knowledge in the fight.” against corruption.” “What is necessary is that a complete justification be given for all these questions that are being raised and from there it is when it will be possible to determine if there are reasons to go to justice or what we are talking about is immorality,” determined the former deputy. .
Abascal has defended the financing, but has not responded to Olona’s adjectives that describe him as “excellent at giving the ball away, at blaming others for their own decisions.” The State’s lawyer also disgraces him that he “has a problem: hard work,” and that he does not show his face when “purges” occur. Given this, she describes: “Santiago is not free, Santiago is a slave to power, and wanting to preserve power makes him a slave to the interests of people infinitely more powerful than him.”
Olona is not shy about giving names of “those who have taken control with the anvils.” “The darkness that begins in (Julio) Ariza and ends, I don’t know if in El Yunque, in Miami or in Iran,” comes from the “ultra” part of the party, according to the former leader, who affirms that within the party there is “a assault on power” and an “absolute takeover of control” by the most radical sector, which has turned Vox into a “real business”; the “chiringuitazo of Abascal and Intereconomía.”
In the book, the former Vox leader describes Abascal’s closest circle. Jorge Buxadé defends the radical wing of the party and gained importance after the vote on the European funds of the Political Action Committee (CAP), according to the former deputy, who details that that was the moment in which “the original Vox died and the fall began.” of Iván (Espinosa) in favor of the rise of the Buxadé ‘and company’”.
He is joined by Enrique Cabanas who appears in the book as “God” and “plumber”, and Kiko Méndez-Monasterio, “God and the Holy Spirit” because “he is not seen, he is only intuited”, and who in charge of the ideological part as described by the former deputy. Finally, Olona describes Ignacio Hoces, of whom he states “he was demonstrating that he was an unscrupulous little dictator.” He is credited with the fall of the parliamentary group led by Olona and Iván Espinosa.
At that point, the former deputy affirms that she “did her grave” by confronting Hoces by refusing to sign parliamentary initiatives that she describes as “fanatical and fundamentalist” related to Spanish nationality or the LGTBIQ collective. The former leader of Vox highlights that moment; “the ultra wing had imposed itself.”
Upon arriving at the party, Olona says that she established a relationship with Abascal that she herself describes as “emotional kidnapping” and “Stockholm syndrome”, which foundered when the former deputy arrived at the Parliament of Andalusia, after the regional elections, by order of the leadership. , with Abascal at the helm. She describes that they had “played with her, whored her, dragged her, stripped her of all her influence and put her in such a delicate situation that they only had to wait for her to come out or die of grief.”
