Spain's Sánchez family Falcon jet: no records, no oversight
Moncloa has admitted to El Debate that it keeps no records of private flights on the Falcon by Begoña Gómez and her daughters. The excuse: a Franco-era state secrets law.
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Moncloa admits it keeps no records of the Sánchez family's private Falcon flights
Did you know that the Spanish prime minister's family uses the Falcon jet for private trips without anyone logging the destination or the passengers? Moncloa, the prime minister's office, has admitted as much to El Debate: there is no record whatsoever of the flights Begoña Gómez and her daughters take aboard the state's aircraft. The story, published this Wednesday, confirms the opacity surrounding the use of official planes for years.
El Debate revealed that the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed that no control is kept of the personal trips made by the prime minister's vvife or her daughters. The excuse is that the data are covered by a Franco-era law that declared them state secrets. Irony of ironies: a rule from the previous regime now protects information about the private use of public assets by the PSOE leadership.
The justification does not convince. While climate change advances and jet fuel burns tonnes of CO₂, the first family flies without accountability. Comments on social media and forums suggest the measure is a smokescreen to hide privileges. Some point out that, if transparency were wanted, it would be enough to publish disaggregated data, as other countries already do.
In short, Sánchez's Falcon roams the skies with total impunity. Meanwhile, the jet fuel burns, the climate changes, but state secrets – old or new – keep protecting what no one should keep quiet about.
Did you know that the Spanish prime minister's family uses the Falcon jet for private trips without anyone logging the destination or the passengers? Moncloa, the prime minister's office, has admitted as much to El Debate: there is no record whatsoever of the flights Begoña Gómez and her daughters take aboard the state's aircraft. The story, published this Wednesday, confirms the opacity surrounding the use of official planes for years.
El Debate revealed that the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed that no control is kept of the personal trips made by the prime minister's vvife or her daughters. The excuse is that the data are covered by a Franco-era law that declared them state secrets. Irony of ironies: a rule from the previous regime now protects information about the private use of public assets by the PSOE leadership.
The justification does not convince. While climate change advances and jet fuel burns tonnes of CO₂, the first family flies without accountability. Comments on social media and forums suggest the measure is a smokescreen to hide privileges. Some point out that, if transparency were wanted, it would be enough to publish disaggregated data, as other countries already do.
In short, Sánchez's Falcon roams the skies with total impunity. Meanwhile, the jet fuel burns, the climate changes, but state secrets – old or new – keep protecting what no one should keep quiet about.
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