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The Ts Frees Armengol and Torres From Being Questioned in the Trial of Ábalos and Applies to Them the Privilege of Declaring in Writing

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The president of the Congress and the Minister of Territorial Policy will only have to send to the court a report that they can prepare with their advisers, avoid testifying in person and will not be submitted to questions. More information: Minister Torres invokes the privilege of declaring in writing and avoiding direct interrogation in the trial of Ábalos

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The Supreme Court has upheld the claim of the president of the Congress and former president of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, and the Minister of Territorial Policy and former president...

·Madrid, Spain
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The Supreme Court will allow the president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, and the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, to testify in writing, as they had requested, in the trial for the Mascarillas case, which will sit on the bench of the accused the former Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, and his former advisor Koldo García. A decision that will free them from being questioned at the oral hearing, which …

·Granada, Spain
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The Supreme Court refuses to release former minister José Luis Ábalos and his adviser Koldo García at the door of the trial for the alleged irregularities in the contracts of masks during the pandemic that will begin on April 7. In an order, the magistrates maintain that the “risk of escape” is maintained given the “proximity of the marking of the trial”.

·Spain
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The president of the Congress and the Minister of Territorial Policy will only have to send to the court a report that they can prepare with their advisers, avoid testifying in person and will not be submitted to questions. More information: Minister Torres invokes the privilege of declaring in writing and avoiding direct interrogation in the trial of Ábalos

·Spain
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The Supreme Court has authorized Congressional President Francina Armengol and Minister Angel Victor Torres to testify in writing in the trial against former Minister José Luis Ábalos, as permitted by law, so they will not be questioned in person or questioned.

The Chamber that will try the ‘mascarillas case’ or Koldo case considers the claim of the witnesses Francina Armengol (president of the Congress and former president of the Balearic Islands) and Ángel Víctor Torres (Minister of Territorial Policy and former president of the Canary Islands) so that, in accordance with article 703 in relation to 412.2, both of the Criminal Procedure Act, their testimony will be released by issuing a report. The or…

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EL ESPAÑOL broke the news in Spain on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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