Cash reimbursements for expenses for the PSOE once again focus the trial
Mariano Moreno Pavón, who was manager of the PSOE between 2017 and 2021, has stated that the party’s expense control was always the same, regardless of whether it was in cash or by transfer. The large amounts, however, went by transfer and this method accounted for 99.4% of the payments. At the end of 2020, he said, they modified their rules to establish a limit of 1,000 euros on cash payments.
The cash box, he said, was basically used for travel, representation and activity expenses. “They were basically meals and dinners, some accommodation and some transportation,” he concluded. Moreno has stressed that all payments were with prior authorization and in exchange for proof. Ábalos, when he was general secretary, authorized his own expenses, as well as those that were attributed to his secretariat, the former manager has stated.
The movement of cash at the party headquarters in Ferraz is another of the legs of the Koldo case. The businesswoman Carmen Pano stated a few days ago in the Supreme Court that she brought 90,000 euros in cash to the headquarters on Aldama’s orders. The former minister’s defense has asked the former manager about Ferraz’s security controls, to dismantle Pano’s testimony.
