Celia Rodríguez, an official of the PSOE organizational secretariat, handed over Cordo García (former advisor to Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos) or those around him, according to reports from the Civil Guard’s Central Operations Unit (UCO). … his wife or brother, an envelope containing cash at Kuomintang headquarters; Made a confusing statement as a witness before a judge The Supreme Court is investigating Mr. Avalos, Mr. Cordo García, and Mr. Santos Cerdan, the former organizing director of the PSOE, for corruption crimes.
Rodriguez She could not identify Judge Leopoldo Puente by name, even though he was in charge of the proceedings.when did envelopes containing cash stop being delivered to the PSOE to settle expenses previously paid in advance by members? That was the justification for the cash indictment against both Mr. Avalos and Mr. Cordo, which the judge saw as a possible procedure to launder illegal fee collections from the public works contractors being investigated.
“What is important is for you to tell us whether the cash payment actually took place as usual,” the magistrate told her. “Yes,” replied the party member since 1987.
“Nowadays, that kind of thing is no longer done. I think from the end of 2021, payments will be made by wire transfer. Isn’t that right?«
Celia Rodriguez
PSOE worker
“That doesn’t happen anymore. I think from the end of 2021, they will start paying by bank transfer. I think, what? After drinking water in the High Court chamber, he hesitated. I think from that day on, they are paid by bank transfer,” the witness said.
The judge asked him to reveal when he stopped delivering cash, to which he replied:Probably around the same time. I couldn’t say it exactly. i don’t remember”.
Rodriguez explained that she had filled out an expense report sheet for PSOE members, pasted it onto a document submitted to the office, and submitted it, and the payment was approved. “Did the payment require anyone’s approval?” the judge asked. “Abalos signed it and I sent it to the administration.”admitted a party member.
The UCO report reflected that in the case of Mr. Cordo Garcia, Celia Rodriguez notified his wife, Patricia Uris, and that she or Mr. Cordo’s brother Joseba Garcia would collect the funds. “Either Koldo came, or someone sent a messenger.” “I left the envelope downstairs in Feras’ reception so they could pick it up as they passed by,” he admitted.
“Did you pay the person Don Cordo told you to pay?” “Clear.”
« Has anyone found it? “Did you pay the person Don Cordo told you to pay?”the judge asked. “It’s clear. When I informed Cord or his wife, they said, ‘Please get someone to come get me if you can,'” he explained.
“It is a somewhat strange procedure that the money was paid to the messenger rather than to the person who requested it,” the judge thought. “It was to make life easier for people who couldn’t go and pick it up,” she justified.
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