Compromís files anti-fraud complaint against Valencian president Pérez Llorca

The complaint

Compromís lodged a complaint on Tuesday, 27 October, with the Valencian anti-fraud agency (AVAF) against Juanfran Pérez Llorca, president of the Generalitat. The filing was made by Isaura Navarro, the coalition's deputy spokesperson in Les Corts and its Senate candidate in the 29N elections, and the coalition made it public on Thursday, 29 October. The complaint rests on press reports about an unsigned dossier that reportedly reached the national headquarters of the Partido Popular. It asks investigators to examine possible conflicts of interest, concealment of assets in the official asset declaration, contracts awarded to firms tied to people investigated or convicted for corruption, and breaches of transparency rules.

Compromís described the case in these terms:

“a set of serious irregularities that affect both his time as mayor of Finestrat and his current term at the head of the Consell”

Urban planning and assets

The complaint argues that Pérez Llorca could have directly intervened in urban planning decisions that significantly raised the value of his family's property. It points to the redevelopment of Avenida Benidorm and the processing of the Pla General Estructural of Finestrat, a plan signed just 28 days before he took office as president. Citing press reports, Compromís estimates the resulting gains at "hundreds of thousands" of euros and up to 4.1 million euros for family companies and properties. El Confidencial reports that the plan has not yet received final approval.

The filing also alleges systematic concealment of assets. His asset declaration to Les Corts reportedly lists no property and values his shareholdings at under 100,000 euros, while the family companies manage assets above 4.3 million euros. His habitual residence in Finestrat is said to be a building with a swimming pool and other structures built irregularly on protected non-urbanizable land. The complaint also targets a 190,000-euro municipal fuel contract awarded to Zarcar SL, a company linked to an entrepreneur accused in the Erial case, according to La Razón.

The dossier and the PP

The dossier at the centre of the story carries no signature and no seal from any investigation agency. El Confidencial reports that it surfaced after data about Pérez Llorca and his close circle reached the PP's headquarters on Génova street, amid internal party division and uncertainty over whether he will be the party's candidate for the Generalitat in 2027. The party leadership has consistently denied handling any documents or reports, although sources close to Alberto Núñez Feijóo acknowledge that inquiries exist. The PSPV-PSOE says it received the dossier anonymously and announced it would take it to the Anticorruption prosecutor's office, but La Razón reports no record that this has happened yet. El Confidencial also notes that it is unclear whether the document is a map of political risks or a strategy for attacking the Valencian leader.

Billboard campaign probe

On Wednesday, 28 October, officials from the Valencian anti-fraud agency (AVA) went to the PP's Valencia headquarters on Embajador Vich street to request documents on a billboard campaign. The campaign ran at almost the same time for the party and the Generalitat, with Generalitat billboards publicising new tax deductions and adjacent PP billboards showing the president under the slogan "cumplimos". Navarro had already complained to the AVA in May, citing the regional institutional advertising law (Law 12/2018), which bars partisan identification in official publicity. The agency requested documents from the department led by José Luis Díez in August and issued a provisional report in September finding the advertising contract valid on the documents supplied, but it kept the file open.

The AVA's officials will now cross-check the Generalitat's campaign against the party's campaign to establish whether public resources were used to promote Pérez Llorca and the PP.