The PP opened up in the face of the internal battle between Pablo Casado and Isabel Díaz Ayuso. The first already has his destiny marked: he will stop being the president of the party when the extraordinary national congress predictably elects Alberto Núñez Feijóo as his successor. The crisis, therefore, seems to be beginning to see its end. However, the reason for the crash is still latent. Married, allegedly, ordered public money to spy on the president of Madrid and her brother, Tomas Diaz Ayuso, in case he had charged commissions for different contracts granted by the regional government. And the opposition is taking advantage of it to attack the Conservatives. Both in the Assembly of Madrid, and in the City Council of the capital.
Más País, PSOE and United We Can demanded this Friday that Díaz Ayuso give explanations about the latest published information according to which members of his Government recognized that the president’s brother invoiced in the company Priviet Sportive 283,000 euros in 2020 for four different contracts. Until now, the popular leader had only offered details of a bill for €55,850 and had not entered the others by assuring that they had no relationship with the Executive of Madrid.
“It should be providing all the documentation and submit to the control of the regional Chamber. He is hiding because he cannot justify these bites and he is showing that the position is too big for him,” denounced the leader of Más Madrid, Monica Garcia. The socialist spokesman in the Assembly, John Lobato, stressed that if “everything is so legal and so clear” why Díaz Ayuso does not go to the regional Parliament to give explanations. Her counterpart in United We Can, Caroline Alonsoput the focus on the fact that the PP leader has “three different versions to cover up the scandal.”
The spokesman for the regional government, Enrique Osorio, assured that they do not know if the amount invoiced by Tomás Díaz Ayuso to Priviet Sportive amounts to 283,000 euros, since they only know about the part that maintains a relationship with the Executive. “Other figures are not known to us and belong to the privacy of other companies“, said.
investigation commission
The clash extends to the Madrid town hall. PSOE, Más Madrid, Recupera Madrid and even Ciudadanos pointed out that there is still “many shadows and explanations to give”. In addition, another controversy is opened in the City Council: if public money was used from the Municipal Housing and Land Company (EMVS) to hire an investigator to spy on Díaz Ayuso and his brother. In a plenary session held this Friday, José Luís Martínez-Almeida again said that when he received this information he made a series of “inquiries” and found no evidence that it was true.
Martínez-Almedia, who saw little use for this plenary session, assured that he will launch an investigation commission and that he will ask Ángel Carromero, the supposed person in charge of starting the espionage, to attend. Still, he warned that he will not allow the commission to become a “circus.”