HE Trial of the last two mayors of El Campello Of course division of contracts It was postponed to February. Oral hearing scheduled for November 8 and 10 suspended The lawsuit was filed due to scheduling issues because one of the defense attorneys had another hearing scheduled for him. Thus, last July, the Court decided to transfer the case to another country. 7 and 8 February 2024Although the decision has now been revealed, it is only a week after the originally set date.
Of the five politicians on trial Only current mayor Juanjo Berenguer (PP) is still active. its predecessor Benjamin SolerHe did not participate in the elections on March 28 from Compromís, the first mayor between 2015 and 2019. The rest are no longer in the City Council in the previous term of 2019-2023: Old names of services Alejandro Collado (PP), David Ramírez (Commitments) and Alfred Bottle (Loyalty). And officer It is still being processed by the City Council.
Berenguer returned to the top of the voter list Despite this judicial situation, because last May the popular campelleros – maintaining the standard of command reached in 2019 – the regional PP argued that this was a case of administrative evasion and believed that the first mayor would be acquitted. The hearing was announced in early April Less than two months from 28M. And a hypothetical sentence would force him to leave the registeryes, when it was final, because there could be an appeal and it could take months or even several years for the TSJ to be decided.
Prosecutor’s Office requested five politicians 13 years disqualified For public office, the USA requires 12 years. And they want the same years for civil servants; In this case, they are seeking to be barred from holding a technical position in any municipal corporation.
The president of the Instruction Court No. 1 of Alicante decided almost a year and a half ago to initiate the oral hearing, as this media reported on June 17, 2022, thus accepting the request formalized by the Prosecutor’s Office and Esquerra Unida. The investigation was initiated by a complaint in 2019 and carried out by the special prosecutor’s office. The investigation covers the period between 2011 and 2019Berenguer is joined by former Councilor Alejandro Collado (PP), then Mayor for Services, under the City Council presidency (2011-2015), and Benjamí Soler, mayor between 2015 and 2019, and You’s two council members, David Ramírez and Alfred Botella. and also undertakes that the person who has been head of the Services area for these eight years and who is still on the City Council has passed through the same council under his authority.
The reason for the investigation is irregular payments made for eight years. Maintain a treatment plant in the northern area and at the source of Central Park, despite ongoing objections from the Intervention, Convention and Secretariat. A total of 380,000 euros, including 250,000 euros for the treatment plant and 130,000 euros for the resource, although the prosecutor’s office admitted this. There is no evidence that the City Council suffered financial damage for these facts. The defendants argued that their actions were legal.
The judge decided to open an investigation against the six people who were the subject of the investigation. signs of crime in their performances. According to the prosecutor’s office, “political leaders and the named official continued to divide the purpose of the services during the period between at least 2011 and 2019, splitting the price of the same services into several invoicesoffered monthly by the supply companies and by ‘Talleres Iglesias Campello SL’ in the case of the maintenance of the Centenario Fountain or by ‘Depuración De Aguas Del Mediterráneo SL’ in the case of its maintenance and operation. Published by . The Cala Merced Building treatment plant and the vast majority of them cost less than 18,000 or 15,000 euros per year, excluding VAT, as determined in the administrative contract legislation, when each invoice is taken into account separately. will allow it to be awarded directly as a small contract (except in the case of service related to the maintenance and operation of the treatment plant, where the accumulated annual amount of the service always prevents it from being provided directly)”.
Therefore, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, “by acting in this way, the defendant they consciously and radically violated the principles that inspire contract legislation in the public sector Regarding freedom of access to tenders, publicity and transparency, prevention of discrimination and equal treatment of all citizens, restriction of the possibility of efficient use of public funds, protection of free competition and selection of the bid as more economically advantageous, they acted arbitrarily in the provision of services, their payments were made to the mayor each time. a payment to which they were finally satisfied, upon approval by the person, which was in any case facilitated by the previous actions of the named defendants” .
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On the other hand, the last two mayors, in their judicial statements examined in 2019, necessity and legality In their statements to INFORMACIÓN before these payments, they reminded that in the case of the treatment plant, this plant is a station whose maintenance is under the responsibility of the Generalitat and that they tried to make the autonomous administration responsible, but they were not successful. someone will bear the costs.