María Jesús Montero, on whether Ábalos should leave her seat due to the 'Koldo case': "I know what I would do"

CÁDIZ, 23 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The first vice president of the Government, Minister of Finance and deputy general secretary of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero, has avoided explicitly saying this Friday whether the former Minister of Development José Luis Ábalos should resign his seat in the Congress of Deputies because of what has been known. in relation to her former advisor Koldo García, although she has stressed that she knows what she would do if she were in the place of her former colleague in the Council of Ministers.

"I cannot say what Mr. Ábalos wants to do or is going to stop doing, I know what I would do," María Jesús Montero responded in the question period of an informative meeting organized by the Joly Group in Cádiz, at the question of whether he believes that Deputy Ábalos should continue to occupy the seat after what has become known about Koldo García, investigated for a plot of alleged bites of money diverted from contracts signed for the purchase of masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The first vice president of the Government and 'number two' of the PSOE has indicated that she does not know the summary of the case, of which the secrecy was lifted this Thursday night, but "it seems that there is no type of criminal accusation or crime" that can be attributed to Ábalos, and, "therefore, it is up to him to make any decision in this regard," he added.

"I know what I would do. I cannot say what Mr. Ábalos wants to do or is going to stop doing, I know what I would do," added María Jesús Montero, who added to the forum moderator's comment about whether she "I would leave the seat" he responded: "you know what I would do."

Likewise, the vice president and socialist leader has stressed that "the investigations are ongoing", and after the lifting of the secrecy of the summary "we will have the opportunity to know the scope of these investigations."

In any case, María Jesús Montero has expressed her "revulsion and total rejection of any action that in times of pandemic, where people were dying, could have taken advantage of the situation to enrich themselves" or to "hoard heritage."

That said, she added that "emergency contracts were developed in all public administrations" during the pandemic, and she has "no knowledge of any reproach on the part of the public administration's actions" regarding "how behavior with respect to the awarding of contracts", as far as she knows, according to what she has said.

"Then, if there have been scoundrels who have taken advantage of a certain situation, let them pay for it, whoever it is, whether linked to a progressive Government or not, or to the Popular Party or somewhere else," as the minister and deputy secretary emphasized. general of the PSOE.