Felip Puig denies any illegalities in the Cesicat security protocols.

BarcelonaThe former Minister of Business and Employment of the Generalitat, Felip Puig, has assured that the Information Security Center of Catalonia (Cesicat) "has never committed any illegality"The former minister has declared as a witness before the judge investigating whether spying had taken place the email of a worker, who reported the case.

"The Cesicat is acting correctly, and the electronic security of Catalans is in good hands., it works perfectly and the security protocols approved by the Government are activated with clear and precise instructions" he considered Puig at the exit of the City of Justice.

The whistleblower He also appeared before the judge today to confirm the complaint: accuses the former director of Cesicat, CF, and a coach to have read the emails that he would have sent to third parties.

The judge of the case had filed the investigation, but the Barcelona Court has forced him to reopen it, because it considered that he should practice more tests before deciding whether or not the case had merit to proceed.

He has also appeared as a witness CF's successor head of Cesicat, Xavier Gatius: he said that, when he took office, they explained to him that there was a security protocol that monitored the emails that the worker sent because he had been detected as a threat for the security of the center, according to judicial sources.