UCO links Spain's PNV to SEPI scandal over €247,459 illegal commission
Spain's Civil Guard investigative unit UCO reveals PNV leader Andoni Ortúzar met with the SEPI network that collected €247,459 in illegal commissions over the rescue of…
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UCO links Spain's PNV to SEPI scandal over €247,459 illegal commission
What was the leader of the PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) doing in a meeting with the SEPI network while the rescue of Tubos Reunidos was being arranged? A new report by the Unidad Central Operativa (UCO), the Spanish Civil Guard's investigative unit, has exposed contacts between the Basque nationalist party's circle and the alleged corrupt network surrounding SEPI, Spain's state holding company.
According to the document, PNV chairman Andoni Ortúzar held meetings and exchanged messages with the intermediaries of the operation. Leire Díez and Vicente Fernández would have received an illegal commission of €247,459 for handling the rescue of the steel company. The report is part of an investigation that already implicates the PSOE and now extends to the PNV.
The network contacted Ortúzar so that Pedro Sánchez's government would rescue Tubos Reunidos, according to the UCO. The commission figure, €247,459, is detailed in the police report.
The party that prides itself on decency and sarracena rectitude — with its founding motto "Jaungoikoa eta lege zaharra" (God and old laws) — will have to explain how its leaders ended up in the agenda of a network that was not asking for favors, but for commissions. The "free nuts" business was already coming.
What was the leader of the PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) doing in a meeting with the SEPI network while the rescue of Tubos Reunidos was being arranged? A new report by the Unidad Central Operativa (UCO), the Spanish Civil Guard's investigative unit, has exposed contacts between the Basque nationalist party's circle and the alleged corrupt network surrounding SEPI, Spain's state holding company.
According to the document, PNV chairman Andoni Ortúzar held meetings and exchanged messages with the intermediaries of the operation. Leire Díez and Vicente Fernández would have received an illegal commission of €247,459 for handling the rescue of the steel company. The report is part of an investigation that already implicates the PSOE and now extends to the PNV.
The network contacted Ortúzar so that Pedro Sánchez's government would rescue Tubos Reunidos, according to the UCO. The commission figure, €247,459, is detailed in the police report.
The party that prides itself on decency and sarracena rectitude — with its founding motto "Jaungoikoa eta lege zaharra" (God and old laws) — will have to explain how its leaders ended up in the agenda of a network that was not asking for favors, but for commissions. The "free nuts" business was already coming.
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