The former president of Adif decides to collaborate with the justice system and points to the PSOE: "They asked me to place like-minded people"

BarcelonaFormer Adif president Isabel Pardo de Vera, indicted at the National Court in the framework of the Ábalos case, shows herself willing to collaborate with the justice system and fires back at the PSOE. In an interview with El Mundo, published in the midst of the general election pre-campaign, the also former Secretary of State for Transport states that former minister José Luis Ábalos and other Spanish government officials had proposed "loyal people" to "place in positions of the Adif executive leadership". "Up to almost twenty resumes", she asserts, and adds that she "always" refused because the candidates did not meet the necessary "qualifications".

Pardo de Vera launches the accusation without naming names or providing evidence or details, but she ensures that she is willing to share the information with the Public Prosecutor's Office and the justice system. "If it contributes anything to the case, of course", she states. Who she does point to directly are the former socialist ministers José Bono and José Blanco, of whom she says had called her "several times to inquire about various companies" and who told her that "some companies were suffering" or that "she was not treating them well".

The indictment of the former Adif president at the National Court is twofold. On one hand, for alleged irregular public works contracts of the Ministry of Transport; on the other, for the public hiring of Jéssica Rodríguez, Ábalos' former partner. Regarding the first case, Pardo de Vera denies participating in any contract award and asserts that they were in charge at Adif of "trying to dismantle any risk of corruption". In relation to the Jéssica Rodríguez case, she says that she limited herself to forwarding her resume to the president of Ineco because Koldo García had asked her to do so on behalf of Ábalos.

Throughout the interview, the former Secretary of State asserts that, besides the commission agent Víctor de Aldama, there were "more businessmen" moving freely through the Ministry of Transport, and she again offers to tell the justice system their names. "I know there are other people who have asked about companies and who could be commission agents, as well as other companies that may have paid commissions", she says.