The businessman and alleged fixer of the 'Koldo case', Víctor de Aldama, has explained in his statement as a defendant before the Supreme Court that, in the conversations he had with Koldo García, they referred to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, as "number one" and that they called the then Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, "the boss".
He also stated that on one occasion, when he was in Mexico, Ábalos's advisor at the Ministry of Transport requested some "young ladies" for the minister to "relax." "First and only time I pay for the young ladies for Mr. Ábalos," he stated.
"We have always called Ábalos the boss but out of respect, he is the minister, he is the boss, not because of anything we had organized, that had been said; just as we called the president 'the one', meaning, he is the president, so he is 'the one', it went no further," Aldama has underlined when answering the Prosecutor's questions.
CONVERSATION WITH PEDRO SÁNCHEZ
Aldama has detailed Koldo García's interest in him meeting the President of the Government during a PSOE rally in Madrid, at the event for Pepu Hernández's candidacy for Mayor of the capital at the Teatro de La Latina in 2019, despite Aldama's own reservations, as he was not a socialist militant.
According to what he has recounted, he was "very surprised" when Koldo told him that Ábalos wanted him to prepare a meal at the Ministry with a specific objective: "We are going to talk because you are going to see the president."
The alleged facilitator of the plot has indicated that, upon finishing that PSOE rally, Koldo invited him to access a reserved area by going through two back doors of the theater, to a room located behind the stage. "And there was the president with a security person, who left when I entered," he continued.
"The president tells me: Thank you very much for everything, I know perfectly well what you are doing and I just wanted to thank you," he continued, specifying that Koldo took a photograph of them together and recorded a short video.
Aldama added that the familiarity between Koldo and Sánchez caught his attention. "I ask him when we go out: 'Why do you call the president Pedro?', and he tells me: 'Víctor, the day the president tells me I have to call him president, I'll leave the party and get out of here'," he indicated.
In this line, he added that Koldo García then commented to him about Pedro Sánchez: "He owes me a lot and he knows why." Aldama pointed out that he was "surprised by the closeness of the two," of Ábalos's then-advisor and the head of the Executive.
Later, Aldama has once again remarked on his surprise at the way Koldo treated Pedro Sánchez due to the way he addressed him: "It seems incredible to me that an advisor could call Pedro by his first name, not call him president, and speak to him colloquially, in a joking manner like a colleague, 'I'm going to rip your head off'."
"I have always asked Koldo if the president knew about this and he told me that the president was clear about everything we did and knew about it," Aldama stated.
"ORGANIZE SOMETHING SO THE BOSS RELAXES"
Aldama has provided more details about his relationship with Koldo García by recalling that, on one occasion, while they were in Mexico, he commented to him: "We have to organize something for the boss so he can relax". When asked to elaborate, the former advisor clarified, according to his version: "We have to find some young ladies and introduce them to the boss, okay?".
The businessman added that they were in "a kind of restaurant" and that Koldo "spoke with people from Mexico". "They bring some ladies and they meet with Mr. Ábalos, that's the first time Koldo asks me for ladies and it's the first and only time I pay for those ladies".