The Popular Party of Fuenlabrada has expressed its dissatisfaction, pointing out that the municipal tax ordinance allows for bonuses of up to 50% for projects deemed of special interest or municipal utility. They argue that a cutting-edge health facility, aimed at saving lives, clearly meets these criteria.
“"If this is not of public interest, what is?"
The president of the PP, Ana Millán, has accused the City Council of applying a "double standard," granting tax bonuses to other projects while denying support for this cancer treatment center. According to Millán, the municipal technical report limits the concept of public interest to housing rehabilitation, effectively excluding health projects without objective justification.
For their part, municipal sources have clarified that the tender document approved by the Community of Madrid stipulates that the awarded company must pay the ICIO. They added that the Community of Madrid's Land Law allows the institution to declare works of social interest, which would exempt them from requesting a license and, therefore, from paying the ICIO, as was the case with the migrant minors' center in La Cantueña.
The same municipal sources suggested that the PP should question the officials of the Community of Madrid as to why the Land Law was not used in this instance to exempt the company from paying the tax, unlike on other occasions.
