There are no minutes of the meetings of the Health Emergency Committee chaired by Torres

There are no minutes of the meetings of the Health Emergency Committee chaired by Torres

Conrado Domínguez, when he went to testify before the investigating magistrate of the case. / COVER AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES

The Executive transfers to the investigating judge the list of its members, headed by Ángel Víctor Torres, at the request of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor

Francisco Jose Fajardo

The Government of the Canary Islands has sent to the Investigating Court number 7 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -after two official requests- the list of the people who made up the Health Emergency Management Committee, as the Anti-Corruption prosecutor requested at the time,
Javier Rodenas, in the framework of the well-known Masks case. In this document, it is detailed that minutes of the meetings they held were never made.

Conrado Domínguez, before the judge:

The document, signed by
Manuel Mayor Diaz-Llanosas head of the Administrative Affairs Service of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Government, details the identities of the 16 people who made up this body, which was headed by the President of the Executive,
Angel Victor Torres. In it was also
Conrad Dominguez, director of the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) and investigated for the crimes of administrative prevarication and influence peddling in the processing and award of a contract for one million masks, for four million euros paid in advance to the company
RR7 United SLmerchandise that never reached the hospitals of the islands.

This information is part of the proceedings requested by prosecutor Javier Ródenas to be carried out in the complaint filed against the aforementioned Conrado Domínguez, the former director general of Economic Resources of the SCS,
Ana Maria Perez and the businessman who owns RR7 United SL, Rayco Rubén González.

IN CONTEXT

  • statements
    For the moment, the three investigated have passed through the investigating court to testify, of which two responded to the questions -Domínguez and Pérez- and one availed himself of his right not to testify -González-.

  • witnesses
    Several officials also appeared as witnesses/experts and commission agent Samuel Machín, the latter as a witness.

The object of it is
determine the people who were part of the committee, the degree of participation and responsibility of the same and what was discussed and decided in the meetings they held. But on this occasion, the document dated September 12 sent by the Executive only accounts for the people who made up the advisory body, but details that there were no minutes that collected "the content of the sessions held," he explains.

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The components were, in addition to the Prime Minister,
Angel Victor Torres your vice president
Roman Rodriguezthe former Minister of Health,
Theresa Cruzthe Minister of Public Administrations, Justice and Security,
Julius PerezPublic Works, Transportation and Housing,
Sebastian Franquisthat of Health,
Blaise Trujillo, the vice advisors of the Presidency, Antonio Olivera, and of Communication, Ricardo Pérez, the former directors of the SCS, Blanca Méndez and Alberto Pazos, the professors Antonio Sierra López, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel and José Ángel García Hernández, the rector of the ULPGC, Lluís Serra Majem and the director general of Heritage and Procurement, Jose Julian Isturitz.

Masks case: Ana María Pérez declared that she was only carrying out “orders” of Conrado Domínguez

All of them were coordinated by
Conrad Dominguezwho at that time was the technical general secretary of the Ministry of Public Works until his second arrival at the SCS.

The instruction of this
Masks case continues and it is expected that the instructor and the parties will request the declaration of more people in this proceeding in the near future.