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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - Ábalos case]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Armengol in the mask trial: "I never received orders or pressure to make a contract"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/7e2e71e9-6702-4527-8bce-1f821e83515e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Francina Armengol has completely disassociated herself from the purchase of masks that the Government signed with the company Soluciones de Gestión, investigated within the framework of the Ábalos Case. In a written declaration addressed to the Supreme Court (TS), the president of Congress and former head of the Balearic Executive has stated that she never managed the contracts or gave any instructions in this regard. She has also denied having received any directives from the alleged leaders of the corrupt scheme: former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos, his former advisor Koldo García, and the businessman Víctor de Aldama. "I never received orders or pressure to make a contract," she stated.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Mascaró]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:39:30 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Francina Armengol]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The president declares as a witness in the first session of the trial at the Supreme Court]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The PP believes that Aldama's confession confirms that the Armengol government enriched the Ábalos and Koldo network.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a38a25ec-1f01-4356-a3af-5554da7dabc4_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The People's Party (PP) believes that Víctor de Aldama's court confession confirms that the government led by Francina Armengol allowed public funds belonging to the citizens of the Balearic Islands to enrich the network linked to José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García through the purchase of face masks during the pandemic. According to the party's general coordinator and PP spokesperson in the Balearic Parliament, Sebastià Sagreras, Aldama admitted that the profits obtained from the sale of face masks were distributed among the members of the network, and that some of the funds came from contracts with the Armengol government. "Today we know that the money of the citizens of the Balearic Islands ended up being turned into commissions and kickbacks for Ábalos and Koldo," he emphasized. Sagreras denounced that "none of this would have been possible without the collaboration of the Armengol government," which he accused of "opening the door wide for them."</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:02:30 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The president of Zamaro CF, Víctor de Aldama.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Aldama has said that the profits obtained from the sale of masks were divided among the members of the scheme, and that some of the funds came from contracts with the Armengol government.]]></subtitle>
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