Overview
- Spain’s PP-led Senate commission will call Torres to testify again, citing a UCO report that details his contacts with Koldo García and efforts to facilitate mask purchases and payments to Soluciones de Gestión.
- The panel also plans to hear from former Canary Islands health officials Antonio Olivera and Salomé Ballesteros, as well as Bancal de Rosas figures Pedro Luis Egea and Francisco Martín to examine a financing line of inquiry.
- The UCO report records that on November 18, 2020, Torres asked Koldo for Víctor de Aldama’s phone number and identifies at least one meeting between Torres and Aldama, contradicting Torres’s denials.
- Evidence cited includes a WhatsApp from Aldama to Torres that the UCO reproduced as read, while the PP accuses Torres of lying to the Senate commission and invokes its rule that those who lie must return to testify.
- Víctor de Aldama released a video asserting he knew Torres well and urging his resignation, though formal judicial determinations and potential criminal charges have not been reported in these articles.