The controller of the Consell de Ibiza, Marian Tur, will ask for sentences totaling more than two years in prison for the island president, Vicent Marí, in the indictment that she will present in the framework of the case “La Vida Islados”. The request will include the opening of an oral trial and will be supported by the continuity of the proceedings agreed by the Provincial Court.
As reported by Radio Ibiza (Cadena SER), the prosecution exercised by Tur will claim the transformation of the procedure so that the instructor moves towards the order of opening of oral trial, once the parties are given transfer to their respective briefs.
Four crimes and prison sentences
The indictment will maintain up to four crimes: influence peddling, prevarication, psychological injury and coercion, with a request for imprisonment that would exceed two years in total. The core of the accusation is divided into two blocks: on the one hand, the hiring of the promotional video linked to the campaign “La Vida Islados”; on the other hand, the alleged coercion and harassment that the official attributes to the president.
250,000 contract in the middle of the pandemic
The case dates back to the summer of 2020, when the Consell de Ibiza processed by emergency a contract of almost 250,000 euros for the development of a tourist promotional video, in the midst of the impact of the COVID-19. The judicial investigation was born due to suspicions about how that contract was awarded and the subsequent complaint of pressure on the auditor.
As background, the Court of Instruction number 4 of Ibiza had agreed in December 2024 the provisional dismissal; and the PSOE announced then that it would appeal that decision before the Audiencia. That appeal -together with that of the comptroller- is the one that leads to the current phase.
What the Audiencia says and what it leaves alive
The procedural step that now pushes the presentation of the briefs is supported by the order of the Provincial Court that, according to the information disseminated in recent days, supports the fit of the emergency procedure in that context, but maintains the procedure for the specific awarding of the contract and for the coercion denounced. This “double track” explains why the case is not closed despite the fact that part of the debate (the emergency itself) is ruled out as a criminal reproach.
In his public intervention reported by Radio Ibiza, David Salvà, Tur’s lawyer, questioned the investigation and described the work of the examining magistrate as “disastrous”, in addition to pointing out that his client is “happy” with the reopening, although she continues with psychological sequels derived from what she has lived through.
Reactions and political framework
At the political level, the case continues to generate clashes between blocks. The Consell has defended in its communiqués that the Audiencia supports the emergency contracting, underlining the extraordinary context of 2020 and recalling that the provisional file had the favorable criterion of the instructor and the opposition of the Prosecutor’s Office to the resources.
For its part, the PSOE has maintained that the continuity of the procedure prevents presenting the resolution as a closure of the case and has asked for political responsibilities, while the PP has supported Marí and has branded the matter as “artificial”, according to communiqués released these days by the formations.
