At the first control meeting in November, the two main opposition parties seized the opportunity to highlight the latest report of the Civil Guard Central Operations Unit (UCO), which made the minister’s points. … Ángel Víctor Torres, head of territorial policy, praised his ties with former ministerial aide Cordo García, agent of conspiracyVíctor de Aldama, and the Canary Islands government, then chaired by Torres, allegedly awarded in exchange for bribes to Solciones de Gestión.
The minister had already declared his innocence at a press conference last week after documents collected by private security were leaked to the media. 400 pages According to him, they conclude that he did not act above the law. Mr. Torres took refuge in what the report did not mention – no mention of prostitutes or Atocha’s luxury apartments – but he has yet to reveal the most problematic aspects of his investigation.
For this reason, the People’s Party and Box used this Wednesday’s speaking time to insist that the Minister reveal what relationship he had with Cordo García and why. “Forced” officials To settle outstanding invoices with the zoning company as soon as possible.
PP lawmaker Kuka Gamarra said Torres was celebrating the report “as if he had won the lottery” because he believed it absolved him of any inaction. “But this is not the end, it’s just the beginning.”Mr. Gamarra declared. “This report leaves you as the tail end of a conspiracy and a tyrant who coerced Canary Islands officials who threatened to bomb,” Torres said, referring to one of the messages collected by the agent talking to Cord, referring in those words to Ana María Pérez, director of economic resources at the Canary Islands Health Service.
Mr. Torres, now in good health, once again boasted that the report, which said “PP’s idea will be catastrophic,” says nothing. “I thought, Mrs. Gamarra, that it would come in a different tone, and… I’m going to apologize to my family “After two years of defamation.”
Parliamentary Vox spokeswoman Pepa Millan echoed similar lines, asserting that the minister was “hiding behind what the private security forces don’t say in order to hide from what they say.” The report was “ fingers contract When you were president of the company and raised the contract price for defective masks, the company was in a conspiracy. “You were the political facilitator of the conspiracy when you were president of the Canary Islands.”
However, Torres maintains his innocence and insists that the final conclusions are drawn by the private security forces themselves. of the report He claims to be innocent, again giving the UCO a function that does not correspond to it, the ability to determine whether someone is guilty or innocent.
“I intend to continue serving and I intend to fulfill my duties,” the minister said after opposition parties repeatedly called on him to resign in good faith. “I spoke with Mr. Garcia And we did not know that there was a corruption conspiracy, we just wanted to bring medical supplies to our country,” the minister concluded.
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