Former PSOE manager Mariano Montero refuses to testify in the Senate about payments to Ábalos.

Former PSOE manager Mariano Montero has refused to testify before the Senate's commission of inquiry, arguing that he will first explain himself before the Supreme Court, where he has been summoned on October 29 as a witness to clarify the situation. PSOE cash payments to the former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos.