The Partido Popular (PP) leadership has reaffirmed its position on the financial dealings of Alberto González Amador, partner of Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, after new revelations about large payments from the Quirónsalud group. The party says the matter concerns a private individual and does not implicate the regional administration. Investigators, but, are examining business between González Amador’s companies and Quirón-linked entities, as well as a separate transaction they suspect may have concealed a commission.
On Friday, PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado addressed the matter publicly for the first time since the latest findings emerged. Speaking in Alicante during the San Juan festivities, Tellado said the case involved a private citizen and should be resolved in court, reiterating that it had no bearing on Ayuso or the Madrid regional government. He also contrasted the PP’s respect for judicial decisions with what he described as the PSOE’s approach, saying the party would not criticize the judiciary.
A tax agency report accessed by EL PAÍS says González Amador invoiced Quirónsalud for €4.4 million between 2021 and 2023, an average of about €1.5 million a year. Dated May 22, the document was sent to the court investigating González Amador and notified it of proceedings involving Quirónsalud and its subsidiary Quirón Prevención. Separately, court-related reporting puts the total received by González Amador’s companies from Quirón-related contracts at approximately €6 million between 2020 and 2023. Those contracts reportedly included the supply of medical materials during the COVID-19 pandemic. The figures cover different reported measures and periods, and investigators are assessing them alongside banking records, with tax and employment records providing further context.
A preliminary report by the Guardia Civil’s Unidad Central Operativa (UCO) said one of González Amador’s companies, under investigation for alleged bribery, appeared to lack the resources needed to provide consulting services to Quirón. Investigators are also examining whether a December 2020 transaction valued at about €500,000 concealed a commission connected to Quirón contracts. The transaction was the acquisition of Círculo de Belleza, also identified as Masterman S.L., from Gloria Carrasco, wife of Quirón Prevención executive Fernando Javier Camino. The allegations remain under investigation and do not amount to a finding of guilt.
In a subsequent procedural development, on 20 October 2026 the Sección Tercera of the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid ordered investigating judge Antonio Viejo to broaden the financial inquiry into González Amador and Camino. The decision followed a Fiscalía appeal against the judge’s earlier limit on the UCO’s access to banking information. Investigators may now obtain tax and Social Security information, allowing them to compare declared income and employment records against bank movements while checking corporate links. Fiscalía Anticorrupción has described as “very high” the probability that the €500,000 transaction represented a disguised payment to Camino. That remains an allegation for the courts to assess.
The expanded inquiry does not determine whether the Quirón-related payments covered genuine commercial work, including consulting or supply, or whether any part was an illicit commission. It authorizes investigators to examine a wider set of records to reconstruct the transactions. The broader reported figure of about €6 million in Quirón-related contracts from 2020 to 2023 and the €4.4 million in Quirónsalud invoices reported for 2021 to 2023 form part of that financial picture. Neither figure by itself establishes wrongdoing. Investigators are assessing financial records alongside tax and Social Security data.
Despite the developments, the PP leadership under Alberto Núñez Feijóo has not shifted its stance, continuing to frame the matter as unrelated to public office or the Madrid administration. Tellado reiterated that issues between a businessperson and the tax authorities are for the courts to resolve and do not affect Ayuso’s position.
In a parallel move, the PP registered a new motion in Congress on Thursday calling for early general elections and the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. This followed the Congressional Board’s rejection of previous amendments, as well as a similar initiative from Junts. Designed to pass the board led by Socialist Francina Armengol, the latest motion stops short of directly urging Sánchez to call elections but expresses a majority desire for a prompt vote to end what the PP describes as political paralysis. It also argues that corruption investigations involving officials appointed by Sánchez warrant his resignation. Tellado criticized Armengol’s handling of parliamentary procedures, saying her actions undermined democratic norms and indicating the PP’s intention to challenge the board’s veto before the Constitutional Court.
Quirónsalud is one of Spain’s largest private healthcare groups, and its business relationships have drawn scrutiny in recent years. The investigation into González Amador’s companies highlights the intersection of private business and political connections in Spain. The PP’s insistence on treating the case as a private matter reflects wider debate about the boundaries between personal conduct and public accountability. Meanwhile, calls for early elections and government responsibility continue to shape the national political agenda as opposition parties press for action in Congress.
