Lawyer Pablo Carranza confirmed that he never advised the owner of RR7 on the purchase of masks

2024-09-30 22:26:07

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, September 30 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Lawyer Pablo Carranza, tax and legal advisor of RR7 United, investigated in the ‘Masks case’, has confirmed that he did not accept the owner of this company, Rayco González, for the execution of the contract with the Government of the Canary Islands, for the amount of 4 million euros, for the purchase of medical supplies during the pandemic, and making sure that you only know a purchase when your office receives a receipt to pay the Corporate Tax.

Likewise, he indicated that he was not surprised that a company like Rayco González, which is dedicated to the purchase and sale of cars, could invoice the cost of buying masks taken from China, while knowing the loan made by RR7 United. to other companies linked to it, such as Baremar, which received 272,000 euros from the 4 million received from the Health Service of the Canary Islands (SCS).

He also denied that he acted as an intermediary between Rayco González and SCS or that he reported any correspondence or similar about whether the company met enough requirements to produce masks. In this sense, he wants to make it clear that his work “is limited to the preparation of taxes, calculating and adjusting to the Tax Law the problems that arise from companies.”

“I am not a council representative nor do I offer myself for intermediation. My job has not been to hire or stop hiring. My job is to calculate taxes, defend them before the Tax Office and Social Security. Outside the area Well, I have no knowledge,” he said. Counselor during his involvement in the parliamentary committee that investigated allegations of irregular purchases of medical supplies during the pandemic by the Government of the Canary Islands.

In response to several questions asked by members, Pablo Carranza indicated that his company has a portfolio of 350 clients, between the Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria offices, and explained that he has not yet worked for the Government of the Canary Islands or he never did that. has advised the owner of the RR7 United company to accept the contract for the purchase of medical supplies. He also denied any contact with any member of the government of Spain or anyone else.

Pablo Carranza stressed that the period of the pandemic is “very complicated”, because tax and service consultants like him have to face “many ertes and many work situations” that they are not able to face because of the regulatory changes made ” overnight.” Moreover, he emphasized that he is not dedicated to the contract and that, with 350 customers, “if I spend my time watching every time someone does something, it will not give me a life,” he added.

He admitted that, once the shipment of one million masks of RR7 United arrived, the Customs Department contacted him to request the implementation of the procedure adopted by the European directive to continue with their destruction for falsehood, although he explained that in no time who advised Rayco González to return the 4 million euros paid by the Government of the Canary Islands because, as he insisted, he did not know this work.

“FOR THE TIME AND THE LAST TIME.”

Carranza also denied having any relationship with Minister Ángel Víctor Torres, although he admitted that he saw him “for the first and last time” during a family dinner held in a restaurant in El Cotillo, on the island of Fuerteventura, in which his brother-in-law -law of Rayco González and which is made public by a photo. Now, he is sure that there is no issue of mask agreement discussed in this meeting not that he went there “to solve anyone’s issues.” “I’m not up for that,” he said.

In this case, he insisted that if he had gone to this council because, in his words, “Years ago I could freely go to events and meet Mr. Paulino Rivero at the same table and no one happened to me, but what did you do. What we did here today is to hurt my family and my closest community with a photo for thinking that I can sit with anyone to eat because I understand that it is normal what you can’t do is try to hurt me by telling a public lie and make up a story.” He also regretted that some members of the Council wanted to be “judges and prosecutors” by ensuring that 4 million euros were appropriate for the purchase of the masks.