The Prosecutor's Office investigates Pedro Bestard for embezzlement in the use of official cars

PalmaThe Prosecutor's Office of the Balearic Islands has opened proceedings against the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard (Vox), for alleged embezzlement in the use of the institution's official cars, as reported by Última Hora and confirmed by ARA Balears after accessing the public prosecutor's proceedings. The socialist group filed a complaint after it became public that Bestard was using these vehicles for his personal use, considering that he could have committed continuous embezzlement of public funds, prevarication, and document forgery.

In the complaint, the socialists accused Bestard of using a series of vehicles from the island institution for private use and exclusively on some occasions, in addition to generating unauthorized expenses, including gasoline. Furthermore, they detailed that these cars had been seen at Vox events, and even parked in front of Bestard's own home. They also pointed out that they were not correctly labeled, which prevented their identification as public vehicles, which they consider could demonstrate Bestard's express intention to keep their use secret. Similarly, they warned that the Department of Environment, which Bestard directed, had fewer cars available to carry out its functions. In parallel, they referred to internal reports that, although they confirmed the private use of the vehicles by Bestard, exonerated him from a sanction, and insisted that they had only analyzed the situation between 2025 and 2026, and that it would also be necessary to investigate what he did before that date.

For all these reasons, the PSIB considers that Bestard could have committed embezzlement for allocating "public assets" to "private uses"; malfeasance, for "the conscious and arbitrary adoption of decisions regarding the exclusive allocation of public resources outside of any procedure and legal coverage"; as well as document forgery due to the "repeated lack of supporting documentation" and the "subsequent incorporation of documentation into files and the possible contradictions between the explanations provided and the documentation examined". For all this, it asks the Prosecutor's Office to investigate.