Marc Pons, the former chief of staff to the former Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, has admitted to the National Court that he met four or five times with former ministerial advisor Koldo García, although not to discuss issues related to the alleged hydrocarbon scheme.

The judge of the National Court investigating the hydrocarbons case has summoned Marc Pons, from Menorca, and Juan Ignacio Díaz Bidart, former chiefs of staff to ex-ministers Teresa Ribera and Reyes Maroto, respectively, to testify as witnesses on January 28. This is stated in a court order, to which Europa Press had access, from Judge Santiago Pedraz. The judge has also summoned businessman Claudio Rivas, whom investigators consider the alleged leader of the hydrocarbons network linked to the company Villafuel, to appear on the same day as a suspect. Furthermore, the judge summoned businessman Víctor de Aldama again as a defendant on January 29. On January 30, the businesswomen Carmen Pano, who claims to have delivered 90,000 euros at the PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street, and her daughter, Leonor González, will testify. Judge Pedraz has summoned the Director General of Energy Policy and Mines, Manuel García, and Manuel Salles, a company administrator, to testify as witnesses on the 29th. On the 30th, it will be Álvaro Gallego's turn; he may be linked to €108,500 withdrawn in cash, according to investigators.

The general coordinator of the Balearic PP and party spokesperson in Parliament, Sebastià Sagreras, demanded "clear and urgent explanations" from Marc Pons this Friday after it was revealed that the UCO (Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard) includes the former Socialist councilor and current deputy spokesperson for the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in the Balearic Parliament in its reports on the hydrocarbons case. "The Koldo scandal has once again struck the PSOE in the Balearic Islands," Sagreras stated, after it was confirmed that Pons acted as an alleged intermediary between Koldo García and the then Vice President and current European Commissioner Teresa Ribera, to promote a license linked to Víctor de Aldama, one of the key figures. "Pons cannot hide for another minute. He has an obligation to explain what he was doing, who he was meeting with, and why he was involved in such sensitive cases as those related to hydrocarbons. The citizens deserve to know the truth," Sagreras added.