Overview
- Chivite is expected to appear Thursday to lay out the changes in her coalition cabinet of PSN, Geroa Bai and Contigo Zurekin, according to reports.
- The planned exits are First Vice President Félix Taberna and Interior, Public Function and Justice councillor Amparo López Antelo, both from the PSN quota.
- Sources close to the president describe the move as a bid to give the government new momentum and reject that it is a purge linked to corruption cases.
- In December, Chivite dismissed Public Works director Pedro López over a modification to the Belate tunnel duplication project.
- The UCO notes the project involved Acciona and Servinabar, a firm in which former PSOE official Santos Cerdán held a significant stake, and Chivite says she never discussed government contracts with him.