The PSOE and its allies have rejected this Tuesday in the Board of Spokesmen of Congress to set a date for the debate of the commission of investigation raised by the PP on the so-called Mediator case and the activities of the former socialist deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, who had to leave the seat when being investigated by the Justice.
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In exchange, the Socialists have agreed with their partners that the Civil Guard works contracts be analyzed in the ordinary commissions of Congress, the Interior Commission and the Democratic Quality Commission, now that Justice is investigating irregularities in awards to certain businessmen. (Barracks case).
The spokesman for Esquerra Republicana, Gabriel Rufián, announced this Tuesday that an agreement was reached in principle with EH Bildu and the Socialist Party to create a commission of investigation on cases of alleged corruption that affect the Civil Guard and thus overcome the proposal of the PP on the Mediator Case.
“I announce that what we have negotiated is that a specific commission be made around the corruption apparently published around the Civil Guard of caseners, in which the Civil Guard who is involved in Mediator can come and that the main visible faces In this supposed case of corruption, come to some of the already existing commissions, such as the Interior or the Democratic Quality”, Rufián said at a press conference.
From the outset, the PSOE offers the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the director of the Civil Guard, the socialist María Gámez, to report on the awards of the Armed Institute.
Appearances in a committee of inquiry are mandatory, there are interrogations and lying is a crime. In an ordinary commission, the former deputy Fuentes Curbelo or the Mediator would not have any obligation to go to Congress.
Something similar happens with the request for documentation, which, if it comes from an investigation commission, must be attended to. And, in addition, a commission of investigation ends with some conclusions demanding measures and that responsibilities be purged.
