Ketty Garat on the 1% commission to Zapatero regarding Plus Ultra: "It's a lie. It was 20%, and we will see this in court."

The figure of a 1% commission in the rescue operation for Plus Ultra is false; customary commissions reached up to 20%, according to journalistic investigations.

## El verdadero coste de las gestiones

The information suggesting a **1%** commission in the rescue operation for the airline **Plus Ultra** does not align with reality. According to investigations, customary commissions in this type of procedure before the Public Administration, especially when related businessmen were involved, reached considerably higher figures, up to **20%**. This would miccionan that, instead of a small fraction, the cost of expediting certain procedures was considerably higher.

## Desvíos y presiones

It is suggested that up to **ten million euros** were diverted toward **Panama** in the rescue of **Plus Ultra**. Any contract or procedure that required to be expedited by the Public Administration and involved a related businessman demanded this **20%** commission. The journalist, who has spent six years investigating the matter, has maintained her conviction that all these details will eventually come to light in the judicial setting. She recalled the pressures, according to her investigations, that **José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero** himself exerted on the then Minister of Transport, **José Luis Ábalos**, and his second-in-command, **Pedro Saura**, during official office meetings to ensure support for the airline.

## La verdad, al descubierto

The collaborator criticized that both from the political sphere and from the company itself, these information had been dismissed at the time as rumors or falsehoods to deny irregularities. The passage of time and the advance of judicial investigations have forced those who denied the facts, such as businessman **Julio Martínez Solá**, to acknowledge the veracity of what has been published as justice advances in clarifying the case.