Barcelona, Catalonia, Junts has asked Catalan President Salvador Illa to appear before the Parliament to answer questions about the PSC’s 2024 election campaign and alleged links to Huawei technology.
The request follows the Spanish National Court’s demand for documentation from the PSOE about the campaign. Junts says the chamber needs full transparency on the expenses, contracts and wider handling of the matter.
Mònica Sales, president of the Junts parliamentary group, said on 27 May 2026 that any doubt about the campaign or party spending requires “maximum rigour and transparency”. She also said Junts wants Illa to clarify the award of a contract to a temporary union of companies that uses Huawei equipment, and the alleged role of former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Sales said Catalonia does not deserve “a government installed in silence” while confidence in institutions is affected. She also said she hoped other parliamentary groups, including ERC and Comuns, would not block Illa’s appearance. More Catalonia news
Junts says the appearance is urgent and essential, and points to the search of the PSOE headquarters in Madrid as another reason for Illa to give explanations. The party has also cited published information about alleged transfers received by Zapatero from Huawei and possible notes linked to public contracts with the Spanish government.
The party also highlighted a €127 million contract, including VAT, awarded by the Centre for Telecommunications and Information Technologies, known as CTTI, to the UTE Sirt-Connecta. Junts says the contract involves Huawei technological equipment and has already raised concerns about it since October, when it said, “The government intends to sell the data of all Catalans to Huawei.”
Sources from the Department of the Presidency say the contract was processed with all guarantees and in line with current rules. They said four companies bid for the tender, the contracting board proposed awarding it to the UTE Sirt-Connecta last October, and three of the four temporary unions that bid also used Huawei equipment. The sources added that the CTTI has no contract with Huawei and has made no direct awards to the Chinese company. CTTI Parliament of Catalonia
The government sources also said current rules do not allow Chinese equipment to be banned in public tenders, because the law requires free competition, equal treatment and non-discrimination among bidders. Junts is also seeking explanations about possible actions that may have affected Catalonia and public contracting, including police reports that suggest Zapatero allegedly tried to negotiate a 3% commission linked to the Hard Rock project in Vila-seca and Salou.
