Sumar’s spokesperson in Congress, Verónica Martínez Barbero, stated this Tuesday that the group has chosen to deputy Enrique Santiago to be part of the Official Secrets Commission, which, among other functions, is responsible for supervising the actions of the National Intelligence Center (CNI).
The election of Enrique Santiago for the aforementioned Commission due to the dismissal of Íñigo Errejónwho already replaced the former deputy of this political force Marta Lois, who left her seat to run in the Galician elections in February of this year.
In this commission each parliamentary group has one deputywhose election to take charge of this task must be approved by the absolute majority of the Plenary Session of the Chamber.
Santiago, general secretary of the PCE and deputy in Sumar for Izquierda Unida, has been chosen against the custom of Sumarwhich was that that position be occupied by the same person who served as spokesperson.
The Commission on Official Secrets of Congress, officially called the Commission for the Control of Credits for Reserved Expenses, has as its main competence the access and control of classified government information. This commission allows the legislative branch to supervise the use of reserved funds and the activity of the CNI, in order to guarantee transparency and democratic control over national security matters.