PP and PSOE Clash in Balearic Parliament Over Miguel Tur's Financial Relationship with O Beach-Linked Company

10 November 2026

The controversy surrounding Miguel Tur, deputy mayor of Sant Antoni, and his €190,000 financial transaction with Ice Properties, a company linked to the O Beach business group, reached the Balearic Parliament on Tuesday 10 November 2026, triggering a heated exchange between the Partido Popular (PP) and the Partido Socialista (PSOE).

The parliamentary confrontation began when Ibiza PSOE deputy Marco Antonio Guerrero questioned Balearic Government vice-president and Minister for Economy, Finance and Innovation Antoni Costa about the tax controls applied to financial transactions between companies and public officials.

What followed was a political argument involving allegations of possible conflicts of interest, references to corruption investigations involving both major parties and personal accusations directed at political figures in Madrid and the Balearic Islands.

The debate ultimately moved away from the original question of financial transparency, leaving the underlying controversy surrounding Tur and Ice Properties unresolved.

Marco Antonio Guerrero Questions Tax Controls on Financial Transactions

Guerrero opened his intervention by referring to the financial relationship between Miguel Tur and Ice Properties, a company associated with the business group linked to O Beach entrepreneur Duane Lineker.

The transaction involved €190,000 and the acquisition of a mortgage credit secured against a property belonging to Tur's sister.

The PSOE deputy questioned whether it was appropriate for a public official to seek financial assistance from businesspeople whose companies had received public contracts from the municipality where he held political responsibilities.

He then addressed the formal question on the parliamentary agenda: whether the tax authorities monitor the taxes paid on financial transactions involving loans between companies and public officials.

Antoni Costa initially responded directly, confirming that both the Spanish Tax Agency and the Balearic Tax Agency monitor the relevant tax obligations.

He stressed that the two administrations carry out their responsibilities independently and should not be influenced by political interests.

However, Guerrero was dissatisfied with an answer that addressed the general tax-control framework without examining the specific circumstances surrounding Miguel Tur.

PSOE Raises Possible Bribery, Influence-Peddling and Conflicts of Interest

During his second intervention, Guerrero returned to the relationship between Tur and Ice Properties, arguing that the circumstances required closer scrutiny.

The socialist deputy outlined two hypothetical legal scenarios.

He suggested that if financial assistance had been provided in exchange for favourable treatment in public contract awards, it could raise questions of bribery. He also argued that using political responsibilities or relationships with other public officials to benefit a private company could potentially raise issues of influence-peddling.

These were legal possibilities raised by Guerrero during the parliamentary debate. He did not establish that either offence had been committed.

The deputy also described the situation as a potential conflict of interest, referring to Article 23 of Spain's Law 40/2015, which establishes circumstances in which public officials must abstain from administrative proceedings when certain personal interests are involved.

His argument was that Tur should not have participated in municipal decisions affecting companies connected to a businessman with whom he had maintained a financial relationship.

Guerrero also questioned whether the Balearic Tax Agency had been asked to cooperate in examining the circumstances and referred to the disappearance of the Balearic Anti-Corruption Office.

He called on the regional government to ensure that the relevant institutions cooperate with the judicial authorities where appropriate.

Antoni Costa Responds with Accusations Against the PSOE

The exchange took a more confrontational turn when Antoni Costa resumed speaking.

Rather than addressing the specific circumstances of the Ice Properties transaction, the PP vice-president shifted the discussion towards judicial investigations and corruption controversies involving politicians associated with the PSOE.

Costa questioned Guerrero's authority to criticise the PP while referring to the number of judicial proceedings and people under investigation in cases connected to the socialist party.

He also mentioned former socialist figures José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, as well as controversies surrounding the national government and the Koldo case.

The vice-president accused the PSOE of applying different standards when demanding political accountability from opponents while facing its own judicial and political controversies.

He concluded his intervention with a direct remark to Guerrero:

“Señor Guerrero, haga el favor de dejar de hacer el ridículo.”

The response further escalated the confrontation and shifted attention away from the original question concerning financial transparency and tax controls.

Omar Lamin Turns the Criticism Towards the Partido Popular

The parliamentary exchange also prompted a response from Ibiza PSOE deputy Omar Lamin.

Lamin challenged Costa's criticism by referring to controversies involving members of the Partido Popular.

He specifically mentioned Vicent Marí, president of the Ibiza Island Council, and made further references to the political environment surrounding Balearic President Marga Prohens.

Lamin also brought national PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo into the argument, referring to his previously reported relationship with the late Galician drug trafficker Marcial Dorado.

His intervention followed the same confrontational pattern, with both parties using controversies involving political figures from the opposing side to challenge their credibility.

These exchanges were political accusations and references, separate from the legal questions surrounding Miguel Tur's financial operation.

The €190,000 Transaction at the Centre of the Controversy

The parliamentary confrontation follows several weeks of political controversy in Sant Antoni.

The issue concerns a financial transaction involving Ice Properties and a property belonging to Miguel Tur's sister.

According to the timeline presented by Tur during the extraordinary municipal plenary session on 29 October, Ice Properties acquired the mortgage credit on the property on 9 August 2024.

Tur subsequently purchased the property on 20 December 2024.

The deputy mayor explained that his family was facing a serious financial situation and that he needed to secure €190,000 within approximately three weeks to prevent the loss of family property.

He said he contacted several businesspeople after being unable to obtain bank financing within the necessary timeframe. Ice Properties was, according to his account, the only company willing to participate.

Tur maintained that the company recovered its investment together with interest when the property purchase was completed. He denied receiving discounts, preferential conditions or any special treatment.

The PSOE, however, argues that the financial relationship must be examined alongside Tur's responsibilities within Sant Antoni Town Hall and his participation in municipal decisions affecting companies connected to the same business environment.

Questions Over Municipal Contracts and Urban-Planning Decisions

The controversy is not limited to the private financial transaction.

During the extraordinary plenary session on 29 October, the PSOE raised questions about municipal contracts, invoices and urban-planning decisions involving companies linked to Duane Lineker's business group.

The socialists identified more than €2 million in municipal contracts and payments associated with companies in that business environment during the current municipal term.

They also questioned five minor contracts involving the councillor, seven invoices processed through procedures involving the omission of the financial controller's intervention, and decisions by the Local Government Board relating to Ice Properties.

The PSOE argues that the timing of some decisions and Tur's participation in municipal procedures require further examination.

Tur and the PP have rejected suggestions that the financial arrangement influenced municipal decisions, while the mayor, Marcos Serra, has defended the councillor and denied preferential treatment.

The distinction is important: the amounts and administrative procedures raised by the PSOE do not, by themselves, establish that the contracts were unlawful or that a criminal offence occurred.

A Judicial Investigation Remains Separate from the Political Debate

The controversy also has a judicial dimension.

As previously reported by elDiario.es, Ibiza's Court of Investigation No. 3 admitted a criminal complaint concerning an alleged offence of asset concealment, known in Spanish as alzamiento de bienes, in connection with the property transaction.

Miguel Tur and his sister were reported as being under investigation so that the circumstances of the December 2024 transaction could be examined.

The existence of an investigation does not mean that those involved have been found guilty. The allegations remain subject to judicial examination, and the political debate in Parliament does not determine the outcome of those proceedings.

A Parliamentary Clash Without Answers to the Central Questions

Tuesday's confrontation exposed the increasingly political dimension of the Miguel Tur controversy.

The PSOE used the parliamentary session to question the financial relationship between a public official and a company linked to a business group with interests in Sant Antoni. The PP responded by challenging the socialists over their own party's judicial controversies.

Although Antoni Costa confirmed that tax authorities monitor financial transactions and operate independently, he did not provide a case-specific explanation of whether any examination had been requested in relation to Tur and Ice Properties.

Likewise, the exchanges between Costa, Guerrero and Lamin did not establish whether the councillor's participation in particular municipal decisions breached any legal obligation to abstain.

Those questions remain tied to the relevant municipal documentation and the separate judicial proceedings.

For now, the case continues to generate political pressure in Sant Antoni and has become another point of confrontation between the PP and PSOE at regional level. The central issues of financial transparency, possible conflicts of interest and the responsibilities of public officials remain unresolved.

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