• Fraud The Anti-Corruption Office unveils the fraud of the plus of the high positions
  • The complaint The Anti-Corruption Office denounces the irregularities of the plus of 22,000 euros of the politicians of the Government
  • The investigation: The Anti-Corruption Office investigates the bonuses of 19 senior officials of the Government of the Balearic Islands

The president of the Government of the Balearic Islands, the socialist Francina Armengol , defended on Tuesday in the Parliament the bonus of 22,000 euros a year perceived by the high positions that have the residence set outside Mallorca . This bonus benefits high positions of all the parties of the Pacte and in a special way to United We can by the high number of politicians who have imported from outside Mallorca.

Last January the scandal jumped when the existence of this high bonus of 1,850 euros per month was revealed for politicians when the police and other officials who are destined for Mallorca only receive a monthly bonus of 75 euros.

Given these facts, the Balearic Anticorruption Office, a body dependent on the Parliament, decided to take action on the matter and last week issued a report indicating the fraud of this plus. Jaime Far , director of the aforementioned office, explains in his report that according to current legislation any person who spends more than 183 days a year in a specific municipality is required to register and pay taxes.

It is obvious that the 19 senior positions that charge the plus residence reside in Mallorca, or at least spend more than 183 days a year on the island. Jaime Far bases his report on the Income Tax Law for Individuals. Far asks the Parliament for the modification of the rules on the plus of residence, although he acknowledges that senior officials from outside Mallorca must receive compensation, a allowance that must be paid in relation to expenses that must be justified to the cent.

The deputy of Citizens, Patricia Guasp , asked President Armengol in plenary session on Tuesday whether she would modify the residence bonus as claimed by the Anti-Corruption Office. "We are not going to consent that this plus continues to be formulated as a bonus and in alleged fraud," Guasp said.

Debate between Guasp and Armengol

Guasp added: "It is indecent that the high-level salary and advisor of 60,000 and 48,000 euros respectively do not seem sufficient, when the minimum wage of the citizens of the Balearic Islands is around 22,000 euros, just the complement that you pay to your charges. " Finally Guasp told Armengol that "if you still have shame, give up this bonus during the year 2020 while reviewing it."

Armengol defended the plus and denied it was a fraud, although he admitted that the Anti-Corruption Office had made a series of recommendations to the Bureau of the Parliament and the Committee on Finance and Budgets. The president stressed that this report "does not question or question the legality of the compensation system that has been established for 20 years for senior positions outside Mallorca."

Guasp insisted on the fraud involved in the payment of this bonus because "anyone who spends more than 183 days a year in a specific municipality is obliged to register in it, something that happens with the 19 senior officials, who spend more than that time in Majorca".

According to the deputy of Citizens, the parties of the pact "have distorted the complement." Guasp recriminated in particular the attitude of the positions of Unidos Podemos, a party that claimed to reach institutions "to end political privileges."

High charges 'purple'

One of the people who collect the bonus of 22,000 euros is the Minister of Agriculture, and leader of Podemos in the Balearic Islands, Mae de la Concha , who at the time defended the plus stating that only with the salary of 60,000 euros could not live In mallorca.

We can, in addition, have placed as advisors or senior positions different people from outside Mallorca who had no job, as is the case of the Asturian Paula Valero , who lost her seat in the Congress of Deputies. The general director of Consumption is the Catalan Felix Alonso Cantorné , who had ceased to be mayor of Altafulla ( Tarragona ) and national deputy for United We Can.

Another position of Podemos is the chief of staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fernando Fernández Such from Alicante, who until April was an advisor in the Congress of Deputies of the Commissions of Agriculture and Energy Transition.

Another high-ranking position is held by Diana María Alonso San Alberto , formerly an adviser to Podemos in the European Parliament. And so, up to eight positions of the purple formation enjoy the controversial bonus.

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