Ibiza councillor's loan request sparks contracts row

In Sant Antoni on Ibiza, a councillor’s request for a personal loan from a business group to settle a family debt sparks a clash in the Balearic parliament on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. The opposition says the town council has awarded contracts to the group. Socialist deputy Marco Antonio Guerrero asks whether the tax agency checks tax paid on loans between businesses and public officials.

Guerrero calls the situation “not normal” and says it could have legal consequences. He describes it as a potential “textbook conflict of interest” and argues that cases like this explain why the Balearic Anti-Corruption Office was abolished.

Balearic vice-president Antoni Costa hits back, telling Guerrero to “stop making a fool of himself”. Costa claims the PSOE faces up to 17 corruption-related court proceedings, with more than 120 people under investigation and 20 cases being examined. He also accuses the previous Balearic government of allowing four million euros belonging to islanders to be “looted” in the Mascarillas case. Costa says Aetib works effectively, efficiently and independently.

Topics: Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com