The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, stated on Friday that she "would be entitled" to have a presidential residence, like other regional leaders. Ayuso made this statement in response to criticism from the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Ayuso specified that the so-called "aticazo" (housing controversy) mentioned by Sánchez was not aimed at her. The regional president thus rejected the insinuations from the national Executive regarding the official residence issue.
Pedro Sánchez, as head of the national Executive, had been criticizing the existence of presidential residences for regional leaders, generating this political conflict between the central Government and the Community of Madrid.
This exchange of statements comes in the context of a broader debate on the privileges and resources allocated to institutional representation positions in the Spanish autonomous communities.
