The vice president of the Govern and minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation, Antoni Costa, has demanded that the Socialist deputy Marco Antonio Guerrero “stop making a fool of yourself” for bringing before the plenary session the case of the councilor of Sant Antoni, reminding him that the PSOE has more than 120 people under investigation in different proceedings.
During the control session this Tuesday in the Balearic Parliament, Guerrero asked whether the Tax Agency supervises the taxes paid from financial operations derived from loans between companies and public officeholders.
The parliamentarian referred to a councilor of Sant Antoni who requested a personal credit from a business group in order to deal with a family debt, while the opposition maintains that the City Hall of this municipality would have awarded contracts to that group.
Guerrero has emphasized that this action “is not normal” and could entail legal consequences, in addition to constituting “a textbook conflict of interest.” “Cases like this explain why they eliminated the Anti-Corruption Office of the Balearic Islands,” the Socialist deputy reiterated.
In his response, Costa stated that the PSOE has up to 17 ongoing judicial proceedings for corruption, with more than 120 defendants and about twenty cases currently under investigation.
The vice president also paused on the case “Mascarillas,” indicating that the Govern of the previous legislature opened the doors of the Balearic Executive so that four million euros belonging to island citizens were “looted.”
For this reason, Costa has once again demanded of Guerrero “that he stop making a fool of himself” and has defended that the Aetib carries out its work “with effectiveness and efficiency and with total independence.”