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OPINION: Madrid president’s plush €5m penthouse (paid for with public cash) is yet another stain on Spanish democracy, writes Charlie Mullins

HOW Spain’s top local politician thought she could get away with splashing millions of public money on an off-the-books purchase of a penthouse blows my mind.

Even better, Isabel Ayuso, of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), tried to claim the flash gaff (worth around €5 million) would be the ideal temporary office while her current HQ at Madrid’s central Post Office is being refurbished.

Do I need to point out to the good people of the capital that a top floor apartment is not the ideal venue for an administration headquarters? 

It’s totally unsuitable for things like the digital security required for confidential government communications. 

Basically, it’s a bald faced lie and a huge abuse of public office, sadly all too familiar these days in Spain.

Plato viewed corruption not merely as a breakdown of laws, but as a ‘psychological disorder rooted in the disharmony of the human soul and societal imbalance’ 

I’m not taking........

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