The number three at the Ministry of Finance resigns after being accused of favoring businessmen.

MadridThe Council of Ministers appointed José Ignacio Ruiz Toledano as the new president of the Central Economic and Administrative Court (TEAC) on Tuesday, replacing José Antonio Marco Sanjuán, who has just resigned from the position citing personal reasons and following the publication of information by the digital newspaper The Debate In which he is alleged to have received payments in exchange for filing tax claims from businesspeople. The TEAC is a body within the Ministry of Finance that is responsible for resolving financial claims related to tax acts filed with the Administration.

In response to the reports, First Vice President María Jesús Montero denied this Tuesday that Sanjuán, until now her "number three" in the ministry, had received "any type of commission" during his time at the TEAC. Montero recalled that the current president of the TEAC is a career civil servant, specifically a tax inspector, and has held positions of responsibility "since 1998, with governments of different political parties," that is, also with PP governments.

Sources from the Ministry of Finance reiterate that Sanjuán has a technical profile and assure that he had no prior ties with the First Vice President and head of the Treasury portfolio. They also confirm that his departure is at his own request and that, in fact, he is considering taking legal action against the reports that attribute these alleged illegal payments to him in exchange for favoring businessmen. The position of TEAC president is an appointment by the Council of Ministers at the proposal of the Ministry of Finance.