The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) announced this Wednesday that it has expanded the investigation for alleged irregular awards in Altafulla to ERC deputy and former minister Joan Ignasi Elena and former Initiative leader Joan Herrera. The investigation, however, has several ramifications. At the Supreme Court, the former mayor of Altafulla and current Congressman for Comuns, Félix Alonso, is being investigated, and there is still a third prong in the hands of a court in El Vendrell: there, the investigating judge has already brought the former ICV minister during the tripartite government, Salvador Milà, to the brink of trial for prevarication, as reported by El País and confirmed by Efe. The decision is pending the appeal filed by Milà before the Provincial Court of Tarragona.

The former Minister of the Interior Joan Ignasi Elena – current ERC deputy – and the former leader of Iniciativa Joan Herrera have been charged in a case of alleged corruption in the town of Altafulla. The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TJSC) announced this Wednesday that it has expanded the investigation into Elena and Herrera as "alleged necessary cooperators" in the awarding of minor contracts to a consultancy managed by both, Sinergia EDM. The total amount would reach 30,000 euros. In the court's opinion, it could be a crime of prevarication in cooperation with the then mayor, Fèlix Alonso Cantorné, who is being investigated by the Supreme Court for favoring the two politicians by committing alleged crimes. Alonso is currently a deputy in Congress for the Comuns.