Koldo García points to Armengol's involvement in contracts so that the Supreme Court will take up the case

PalmKoldo García, former advisor to Minister José Luis Ábalos, has pointed to the involvement of the former president of the Balearic Islands and current Speaker of the Congress, Francina Armengol, in several contracts currently under investigation by the National Court. He makes this claim in a document that, as detailed by Europa Press, requests that these cases—related to PCR and COVID tests—be transferred to the Supreme Court. In his petition to the Supreme Court, requesting the revocation of his imprisonment, García argues that the investigations being conducted by the National Court also identify "high-ranking political figures with evidentiary links to the events" who enjoy parliamentary immunity, such as Armeng Megalab Eurofins, thanks to Koldo's influence. Furthermore, he has also asked the Supreme Court to revoke his provisional detention and release him, offering to pay bail to secure his release. He also states that his increase in assets is "justified" by his income. In addition, he requests the annulment of the prosecution for alleged irregularities in the Ministry of Transport's mask contracts during the pandemic, due to the Supreme Court's "failure to establish jurisdiction beforehand." Furthermore, because the accusations (Anti-Corruption) are exaggerated, with "requests for exorbitant prison sentences, which are the justification used in the appeal to argue that pretrial detention is warranted based on a non-existent flight risk."

"Pretrial detention is untenable due to the principle of proportionality."

Thus, García requests to be released with "the personal precautionary measures of bi-weekly appearances in court and a travel ban requiring him to surrender his passport." Alternatively, he proposes that he be granted provisional release on bail. "Pretrial detention, under these circumstances, is untenable due to the principle of proportionality," he argues. He believes that the provisional order "accepts the prosecution's conclusions without verifying the strength of the incriminating evidence or the justification of the extreme risk," given that it is based on issues such as the fact that "the actual increase in assets is three times less" than what is attributed to him, and "is justified by legitimate income," which is "the main indication of the crimes of embezzlement and money laundering." Similarly, he dismisses the possibility that he could obstruct the investigation because "the sources of evidence have already been gathered and formalized," as well as the possibility that he could reoffend, because he is no longer an advisor to a person with parliamentary immunity. Furthermore, he highlights his "personal and family ties, unfairly dismissed", because he lives with his five-year-old daughter and takes care of his 86-year-old widowed mother.