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Podemos asks the Madrid Assembly to suspend Ayuso as a deputy for his apartment hotel | Madrid


The regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, during the control session with the regional executive on May 14.Marshal / EFE

United Podemos has filed a complaint on Monday before the Madrid Assembly in which it asks to open a sanctioning file against the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for considering that the apartment hotel where she has been staying since March 16 is “a gift”, and suggests as a sanction the suspension of their status as a deputy between 15 and 30 days.

In the complaint, Unidas Podemos assures that, although Ayuso has claimed to pay 80 euros a day for said apartment hotel, the public price indicated on the website of the Room Mate chain, owner of the property, is 121.79 euros per night, reason why according to the president she would enjoy a “reduction” of more than 1,200 euros per month. And he adds that if Ayuso were occupying a second apartment, the discount would be close to 5,000 euros per month.

United We can observe a “clear treatment of favor” towards the president by the owner of Room Mate, Kike Sarasola, and recalls that, among the duties of the deputies provided by the regulations of the Assembly, there is a prohibition on receiving “favors or services in advantageous conditions that may condition the development of their functions ”.

The regulation establishes that “due to the infractions committed by the deputies” their parliamentary status can be suspended for a period of 15 to 30 days and their proportionally reduced remuneration and budget allocation for their parliamentary group. The competent body to hear this sanctioning file, once the Board of the Assembly classifies the complaint, is the Commission of Statute of Autonomy, Regulation and Statute of the Deputy, which chairs United We Can.

The Bureau of the Commission can carry out actions to determine whether it is justified to initiate the procedure and, if it deems it appropriate, submit a proposal to the Commission so that it decides, in secret session, if it is appropriate to open the process. In the event that the Commission ends up approving a sanction proposal, it must be submitted to the Assembly Table for its final resolution and execution.

The spokeswoman for Unidas Podemos, Isa Serra, maintains that Ayuso has received “a gift” and that in the PP “chains of favors” that lead to cases of corruption are common. Serra adds that “who has to ensure that the PP and Community of Madrid’s ethical codes are complied with” are those close to the president herself.

Ayuso has been installed since March 16 in a luxurious aparthotel in the center of the capital. Sources from the hotel chain reported that Ayuso is staying in an apartment hotel contracted within a “package” that includes building security services, parking, reception and a lounge in a second apartment. Kike Sarasola put the monthly cost of accommodation at 2,400 euros, since for a long stay the price per night is reduced to 80 euros. However, this friend price is not offered to other customers. Ayuso has denied that the aparthotel is “luxury”, that there are two or that it is “a bargain”, and stressed that the hotel company to which the accommodation belongs has not done “business” with the Community.

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