The former Secretary of Communication of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, and Artur Mas’ right-hand man during his time in opposition, David Madí, has accused the Mossos d’Esquadra of prevarication for having leaked reports about him. The dissemination of these files, related to his alleged involvement in the alleged financing of Convergència through the production company Triacom, are the result, he assures, of the internal struggles that prevail within the body. Speaking to RAC1, the consultant has also denounced political persecution from various levels of the State and also from some Catalan officials.
Madí was sentenced a few weeks ago to 14 months in prison for having been part of a plot to benefit the Triacom company through false invoices and thus defraud the Treasury. Linked to Triacom, there is another investigation open in the National Court that seeks to clarify various payments by Gas Natural, Telefónica and Repsol to the audiovisual production company, related to the irregular financing of Convergència. It is precisely about this case that David Madí points to the Mossos, whom he attributes to having disseminated reports to the media to harm him.
In this sense, he points out “this whole environment” around Toni Rodríguez, former head of police investigation, who was dismissed at the end of last year. Continuing with his thesis, the ex-adviser of Artur Mas believes that there is a sector of the Mossos that, as a result of an internal “battle of factions”, is acting with techniques typical of the “sewers”, which have normally been attributed to the bodies state police officers, alluding to ex-commissioner José Manuel Villarejo. He has gone further and has accused the Catalan police of prevarication for “using reports illegitimately.” He has denied at all times his connection to this plot, emphasizing that he has never worked with Repsol or Gas Natural. He has recognized, yes, works with Telefónica, but he has circumscribed them to his career of almost 20 years in the private sector.
David Madí considers that a persecution is underway against him from various levels of the State -police, Tax Agency…- for his involvement with the independence project and Convergència. Even so, he also sees this same praxis within the Mossos, which is explained by the “internal struggles” that also affect the highest political level and, consequently, him due to his relations with first-rate leaders.
“This country is full of microvillarejos,” he snapped. Within the Catalan police, she has said, a “disturbance” is taking place and borders are being “crossed.” According to Madí, the police investigation, which ended in the National Court, began a year ago when there were changes in the leadership that led to the departure of Josep Lluís Trapero as the police officer and, subsequently, the dismissal of Toni Rodríguez as head of the police station. of criminal investigation. The leaking of the reports was made at that time because, in his opinion, it served to reinforce his argument “that they were investigating corruption and that is why they were fired.”
Madí, who was Mas’ most trusted man on his “voyage through the desert” before he arrived at the Generalitat in 2010, has criticized behavior that he considers to be widespread throughout the public administration. For the consultant, there are many officials from different fields “who have small powers and feel unpunished.” The solution lies, according to Madí, through a law that prevents the “abuses” of public workers.
The ex-charge of Convergència has also spoken about former Interior Minister Miquel Sàmper, who took over from Miquel Buch after the post-sentencing protests of the process. He has reproached him for “not having a clue” about everything that was happening within his sphere of responsibility. “He was a pawn, litter”, he said, and added that he arrived “on a rebound” in the Department due to the dismissal of his predecessor.
Buch’s departure from the Government was caused by the wear and tear of the minister at the time after the actions of the police in those protests in the fall of 2019. Madí, he explained, lived that moment closely due to his personal affinity with the minister, and has pointed out against former president Quim Torra for dismissing him for political reasons. In addition, he has revealed that during the protests, Buch and the president had many differences and that Torra told him that he preferred that the State keep the powers of the Mossos before continuing to act in that way.
David Madí has ??also admitted that he has not spoken to former president Carles Puigdemont for a long time, although in the past he had gone to visit him in Belgium.
Another of David Madí’s open fronts is the Volhov case. The former right arm of Artur Mas has charged against this investigation for being “prospective” and wanting to make “a tailored suit” with the different people affected. Madí has ??highlighted how two of the pillars of the cause -the alleged intervention of Russian soldiers and cryptocurrencies- have been losing strength over these two years. For Madí, the link between the independence movement and Russia reported in the police reports arose because the Spanish State “needs an explanation” of what happened on October 1 and because it wants, he says, to tarnish the image of the movement in the eyes of the international community.
On the other hand, Madí has ??denied any involvement with the Democratic Tsunami. Suspicions about him are based, he says, on two conversations with his 15-year-old son that were intercepted by microphones installed in his car. In relation to the Estat Major of the process, he did not want to reveal what his participation was because there is still “no normalized situation” in Catalonia, so “these questions cannot be answered.”
