The commission that will investigate in the Senate the purchase of medical supplies by public administrations during the pandemic met this afternoon, after the plenary session, to establish its work plan, in which the name of Salvador Illa has appeared among the first appearances.
The leader of the PSC has been called to testify next Wednesday, April 24, two days after the aforementioned commission is launched, which will open on Monday the 22nd with the summons of Koldo García, who was an advisor to the Ministry of Transport during the health crisis and is among those investigated by the National Court for its relevance to an alleged corrupt plot that was enriched by the sale and purchase of masks.
In a meeting that has not been immune to controversy, since the commission’s lawyer has issued a note in which he points out that three paragraphs of the work plan presented by the PP should be deleted because they exceed the object of the investigation, The popular majority in the Senate has decided to go ahead with the planned plan to “not waste time.”
Otherwise, a new plenary session of the Upper House would have had to be called and “start from scratch”, as explained by socialist sources at the end of the meeting, in which the appearance of Víctor Francos, current president of the Council, has also been scheduled. Superior of Sports and Secretary of State for Territorial Policy and Public Function during the period investigated, for April 22, the same day as Koldo García.
After Illa’s appearance, which will take place just before the start of the electoral campaign for the Catalan regional elections, in which he is the favorite candidate, those of Patricia Lacruz and Alfonso Jiménez will arrive, who were part of Illa’s team when he was at the head of Health and whose appearance has been set for the 25th.
For the moment, the ministers who are part of the list, such as the head of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, or the head of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, as well as that of the president of Congress, Francina Armengol, do not They have an appearance date, on a list that, as the PP emphasizes, is not closed and could be expanded with names such as that of the President of the Government himself, Pedro Sánchez, among others.
