Muface pays 900 euros a month for a seven-storey sauna building in Madrid
Muface has renewed the lease on a seven-storey building linked to Begoña Gómez's family for 900 euros a month, according to a police report. An unsettled inheritance...
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Muface renews lease on seven-storey sauna building for 900 euros
How much does a seven-storey building cost in Madrid? For Muface, the mutual society that manages civil servants' healthcare in Spain, the answer is 900 euros a month. The figure comes from the recently renewed lease, disclosed by Antonio Naranjo's programme on Telemadrid. Backed by police documentation, the report places the property at the centre of an investigation involving the family of Begoña Gómez, the vvife of Prime Minister Sánchez.
A rent that defies market prices
The police report on the so-called Adán saunas refers to activities that would have taken place on the premises. The seven-storey building is said to have been used by the Prime Minister's vvife's family as a sauna business. The renewal of the contract at a symbolic amount has caused an uproar: at that price you could not even rent a two-bedroom flat in the capital. Suspicion points to the rent possibly being offset by payments in kind, something the investigation will have to determine.
The inheritance that remains unresolved
The controversy is entangled with a second front: two years after the death of Sabiniano Gómez, his properties in Madrid remain in his name. Only one of the four flats has been transferred, to his son Miguel Ángel. Had the rest passed into the hands of Begoña Gómez, the Prime Minister's vvife's assets would have brought her close to the status of a major property holder. The slowness of the process only adds further shadows to the affair.
Theories and reactions
Some claim this is a case of "state pimping", an expression circulating without conclusive evidence. Others prefer the conspiracy version: that the building would be a cover for the intelligence services to spy on judges and prosecutors. Neither hypothesis has been confirmed, but the renewal of the contract and the Government's silence provide plenty of fuel for both.
Meanwhile, the only solid fact is this: 900 euros a month for a seven-storey building. The rest, for now, are questions.
How much does a seven-storey building cost in Madrid? For Muface, the mutual society that manages civil servants' healthcare in Spain, the answer is 900 euros a month. The figure comes from the recently renewed lease, disclosed by Antonio Naranjo's programme on Telemadrid. Backed by police documentation, the report places the property at the centre of an investigation involving the family of Begoña Gómez, the vvife of Prime Minister Sánchez.
A rent that defies market prices
The police report on the so-called Adán saunas refers to activities that would have taken place on the premises. The seven-storey building is said to have been used by the Prime Minister's vvife's family as a sauna business. The renewal of the contract at a symbolic amount has caused an uproar: at that price you could not even rent a two-bedroom flat in the capital. Suspicion points to the rent possibly being offset by payments in kind, something the investigation will have to determine.
The inheritance that remains unresolved
The controversy is entangled with a second front: two years after the death of Sabiniano Gómez, his properties in Madrid remain in his name. Only one of the four flats has been transferred, to his son Miguel Ángel. Had the rest passed into the hands of Begoña Gómez, the Prime Minister's vvife's assets would have brought her close to the status of a major property holder. The slowness of the process only adds further shadows to the affair.
Theories and reactions
Some claim this is a case of "state pimping", an expression circulating without conclusive evidence. Others prefer the conspiracy version: that the building would be a cover for the intelligence services to spy on judges and prosecutors. Neither hypothesis has been confirmed, but the renewal of the contract and the Government's silence provide plenty of fuel for both.
Meanwhile, the only solid fact is this: 900 euros a month for a seven-storey building. The rest, for now, are questions.
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