The PSOE demands in Congress that Feijóo detail all his income and donations

The Congress Plenary will vote this Thursday on a non-legislative proposal from the PSOE for the opposition leader to declare his assets, income, and donations. The initiative comes after the controversy surrounding Alberto Núñez Feijóo's residence in Madrid.

The Congress Plenary will vote this Thursday on a non-legislative proposal from the PSOE that demands reforms so that the opposition leader must declare his assets, all his income in cash or in kind, as well as any donations and economic interests he receives. The initiative was registered after Pedro Sánchez urged the PP leader to explain who pays for his residence in Madrid.

According to pressdigital.es, as a deputy, Alberto Núñez Feijóo already declared his assets and income from the last year upon taking office, but the socialists want to go further and force him to provide more details about all his income, both in cash and in kind. This stems from the parliamentary face-off on June 24, when Sánchez challenged Feijóo to reveal how much he pays for the rent of his home in the Madrid neighbourhood of El Viso.

In that debate, Feijóo replied that he pays for his house himself along with the mother of his child and that his father-in-law has not gifted him any apartment. Following that altercation, the socialists registered an initial non-legislative proposal specifically referring to Núñez Feijóo, but the Congress Board halted it because the legal advisors raised objections to an initiative directed at a person by name.

The PSOE then presented a new version, without explicit references to the PP leader or the payment of his residence, which is what will now be voted on. In the statement of reasons, reported by Europa Press, the party argues that it is "essential" for the transparency regime applicable to parliamentarians to extend to the opposition leader, especially since it is not stipulated that he must be a deputy.

Transparency in assets is an essential guarantee of the morality of conduct," states the initiative.

Furthermore, the proposal suggests reforms so that all deputies reflect in their declarations of assets and interests all information regarding their assets, income, donations, and economic activities, in compliance with the Congress Regulations and the Code of Conduct of the General Courts.