Santos Cerdán will receive €19,400 in compensation as a former member of Congress.
The lawyers of the lower house conclude in a report that he has the right to receive them.
The PP's attempt to prevent Santos Cerdán from collecting compensation for ceasing to be a member of Congress has been unsuccessful. A report from the lower house's lawyers warns that he cannot be deprived of this "right" even though he is under investigation for corruption in the Supreme Court and has been imprisoned without bail "BK_SLT_LNA." The document, to which ARA has had access, concludes that Cerdán meets the requirements demanded by parliamentary regulations and that, therefore, "not being in any of the exclusionary situations included, the right to receive it automatically arises, without the possibility of depriving the beneficiary who originated it of compensation." The Navarrese construction company Servinabar, now under the Supreme Court's scrutiny, was not deprived of the compensation on June 20, ten days before appearing before the Supreme Court in the case of alleged illegal kickbacks in public works contracts. This is what a report from the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard states after the discovery of a document that includes this information, but both Cerdán and the company have denied this.
At the same time, more details are emerging from the investigation into the Cerdán case. This Tuesday, it was revealed that the UCO (Central University of Catalonia) found €4,750 in cash at the home of former Highway Director Javier Herrero, who is charged in the National Court in the scheme with former Adif president Isabel Pardo de Vera, according to Europa Press. At Pardo de Vera's home, during a search on June 26, the UCO found documentation on €5 million in contracts for face masks with the company Soluciones de Gestión, the contracting firm for medical supplies for which Víctor de Aldama worked as a commission agent. Regarding the case, it has also been revealed that lawyer Jacobo Teijelo, linked to former PSOE member Leire Díez, has joined Cerdán's defense team, led by lawyer and former CUP member of Parliament Benet Salellas.
