The former president of Plus Ultra states that he assumed the 1% payment was for Zapatero
The judge of the National Court investigating the Plus Ultra case, José Luis Calama, has summoned Julio Martínez Sola, former president of the airline, and former CEO Roberto Roselli to testify as defendants this week.
Julio Martínez Sola, majority shareholder of the airline Plus Ultra, has ratified a statement before a judge at the Audiencia Nacional, in which he mentioned that former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his associate, Julio Martínez Martínez, demanded a 1% cut of a 53 million euro state loan granted to the airline in 2021.
Martínez Sola and former CEO Roberto Roselli have admitted that the company made payments to Martínez Martínez for Zapatero's alleged mediation in securing the loan. The judge is investigating Zapatero for allegedly leading a network of influence peddling that obtained economic benefits in exchange for his mediation. Both Martínez Sola and Roselli resigned from their positions in July after admitting to the payments.
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