A recording in the hands of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) has shaken the Government and the PSOE by implicating the Secretary of Organization, Santos Cerdán, in an alleged kickback scheme. The revelation comes from a Guardia Civil report that records a conversation between Cerdán, José Luis Ábalos, and Koldo García, mentioning debts to various construction companies. The PSOE has come to the defense of Cerdán, denying all the accusations and assuring that, when the report is fully reviewed, Cerdán will provide all the necessary clarifications. Meanwhile, the government has opted for caution, stating that they cannot comment on a report they have not yet read, nor on conversations whose context they do not know, while the opposition, led by the PP, interprets the silence of President Pedro Sánchez as an indication of an imminent rupture with Cerdán.
Despite the uproar, sources from the PSOE of Navarre have dismissed the accusations as a 'political witch-hunt' without proven grounds, noting that the awards have been exhaustively investigated without finding irregularities. The President of Navarre, María Chivite, insisted on the transparency of the process related to the duplication of the Belate tunnels, with all the documents available for public scrutiny. UPN, the opposition party that filed the initial complaint, has requested additional appearances before the Parliament of Navarre. Amid the accusations, the backing for Cerdán within the PSOE remains firm, as they await the full UCO report to be made public, which could decisively influence the course of this political scandal.
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