Politics · Spain · 7 hrs ago
Spanish PSOE lawmaker’s property company is absent from his asset declaration
Spanish PSOE lawmaker Joaquín Martínez Salmerón is linked to a property company missing from his asset declaration.
The Murcia politician is the company’s sole administrator, and it began operating in December 2023 with nearly €1 million in capital.
His 2023 declaration to Spain’s Congress does not name the company, although it lists other assets and income.
Martínez Salmerón also founded a law firm that handles mortgage enforcement cases, including cases involving debt portfolios bought by US investment fund Apollo, according to the reporting.
The firm’s work includes cases that can lead to families losing their homes.
The issue draws attention because Spain’s government is preparing housing measures aimed at protecting vulnerable families and limiting large property owners.
The company’s absence from the declaration raises questions about transparency, while the sources give no response from Martínez Salmerón about the omission.
Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) lawmaker Joaquín Martínez Salmerón is the sole administrator of a property company that is not listed in his asset declaration, according to reports by La Verdad de Murcia.
Jomasa Geluk began operating in December 2023 with capital of nearly €1 million.
His 2023 declaration lists bank deposits of more than €600,000, along with property and rental income.
Martínez Salmerón founded the law firm Martínez & Salmerón Abogados, which reports say handles mortgage enforcement cases for clients including funds linked to Apollo.
The reports say the firm’s work has included proceedings that can lead to families losing their homes.
- Who
- Joaquín Martínez Salmerón, a PSOE lawmaker from Murcia and sole administrator of Jomasa Geluk.
- What
- His property company is not named in his 2023 asset declaration, according to the reports.
- When
- The company began operating in December 2023. The reports were published on 15 and 16 October 2026.
- Where
- Spain. Martínez Salmerón is a member of the Congress of Deputies.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Martínez Salmerón founded the law firm Martínez & Salmerón Abogados.
The Congress plenary authorised him to practise law until 30 April 2024 to complete or transfer pending matters.
Jomasa Geluk began operating with capital of nearly €1 million.
Martínez Salmerón’s asset declaration did not name Jomasa Geluk, according to the reports.
La Verdad, El Confidencial and Vozpopuli published reports about the company and the declaration.
- Lawmaker
- Joaquín Martínez Salmerón, PSOE
- Company
- Jomasa Geluk
- Company role
- Sole administrator
- Company capital
- Nearly €1 million
- Declaration
- 2023; does not name Jomasa Geluk
- Bank deposits
- €662,839.97 in El Confidencial’s account of the declaration
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