José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García They were very interested in the works that were awarded to Murias constructions. Isabel Pardo de Vera made this confession when he went to declare the Supreme Court before. The reason has had exclusive access to one of the emails shown in the process of how this firm and the role of the former president of Adif was hired in all this.
The mail to which this media has had access dates back to the night of June 18, 2020. An engineer who worked for Adif sent to Pardo de Vera a complete report of the work that had to make Murias constructions. “Isabel I have left you the complete document to print, it is prepared to see that everything is documented, the first sheets are the important throughout the document there are green numbers that are the accompanying documents “explained this high position that now exercises as Director of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability of the SEPI.
Thus, communication is accompanied by a 366 -page report and the heading explains that it is in relation to the “Execution works of the platform construction project of the high-speed Vitoria-Bilbao-San Sebastián, Lemoa-Galdakao section”. In the document, which is called “Muria complete”, it is reported that two modifications of the project were processed that meant a 19.96% increase in the awarded budget.
An increase in the game for works
A new increase in departure was made without communicating to the entity’s hiring committee “due to the emergency circumstances they attended.” “It was reported once approved,” adds the document that had to be reviewed and signed by Pardo de Vera. “There are four concepts that are easy reading these first leaves and the work of Navarra Juan Pablo summarizes it at all but you have all the traceability. The part of claims, interests and fees, They have also been reviewed by hiring and finance“The mail of the high position ended.
This email takes on special relevance after the judicial declaration of the former president of ADIF. And it is that Construcciones Murias was one of the companies that integrated an order to which this millionaire contract was awarded in 2018 in Navarra. It is a firm for which José Luis Ábalos and his then advisor, Koldo García, were especially interested in the suspicion that he was not charging the liquidations that corresponded to them.
“I remember that Koldo and the minister once called me and they told me that there were two companies hired by ADIF that were not paying them objectively,” said Judge Leopoldo Puente, referring to companies Levantine Engineering and Construction and Murias constructions.
Precisely, on the latter contributed some data that are now corroborated in this email where it is shown that Pardo de Vera also had importance in the process of awarding this company. And is that in the Public Sector Hiring Platform It appears as Adif chose the bridges mutias the execution works of the Platform Construction Project of the High Speed Line Zaragoza-Pamplona in Navarra, specifically, the section that unites the towns of Olite and Tafalla.
The “Basque quota” of Cerdán
The bidding base budget was close to 58.3 million euros and was financed with funds from the European Union. The work was tendered on July 30, 2018 and was awarded on January 31, 2019. The offer was attended by 23 tenders. The name of this company has gone to the fore in the statements of Víctor de Aldama who said before the Supreme He paid irregular commissions in exchange for millionaire awards from the Department of Ábalos.
A month earlier, the businessman said at the National Court that the plot awarded the works in Navarra and the Basque Country, Territories controlled by Santos Cerdán, Secretary of Organization of the PSOE. About the latter, he said he had to deliver an envelope with 15,000 euros for having developed these actions in the so -called “Basque quota”.
Aldama’s statements forced Leopold Puente to initiate an investigation for the awards of Ábalos when he was in charge of Transportation. Some of the entrepreneurs indicated by the employer came to testify and denied any irregularity in these selective processes to carry out public works.