Prosecutors appointed to fight corruption in the stateFelipe Briones and Pablo Romeroundertook the investigation initiated to process the work carried out in a part of the fire station since last spring. Seneca Square placing the headquarters there Water Intelligence Center And Blue Economy Centera related project Alicante of the future.
The procedures for carrying out these studies were reported to the Public Ministry in mid-October. socialist group municipality, in frontTo Ana Barceló. Both he and his deputy speaker Trini Amorós, They have already been called to testify.
According to the complaint, the government popular Luis Barcala will fail to comply with its own urban planning regulations. ignore report from one of the technical departments Control of Works, and allocate for “administrative use” a municipal area located in the heart of the city, which appears in the PGOU as “teaching equipment”.
Seeing the documents accompanying the complaint, Briones and Romero consulted their hierarchical superiors, the head of the department.Alejandro Luzón to the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Corruption and Organized CrimeThus, he was able to determine whether they were responsible for the investigation or, on the contrary, whether his friends at the provincial prosecutor’s office, whom he directed, did it. Jorge Rabasa.
Luzón appears to have had no doubt that the events reported by the PSOE would be in his department’s orbit. To this end and among other issues, the position occupied by Barcala as the first authority of the city affects all organizations involved in this project: Local Development Agency, presidency, even through delegation, Mari Carmen, Spanish parliament member with Alicante WatersIt is a mixed company, 50% owned by the City Council, where the first mayor is also president.
Ground floor allocation
The Local Agency, an entity affiliated with the City Council, requested Heritage in March 2022 to allocate the “use of the ground floor” of the former Fire Station located at 21 Italia Street in Seneca Square for the development of Water Intelligence. Center (CIA), a Hidraqua project with a budget of approximately half a million euros, will study technologies applied to control the integrated water cycle.
The request was approved at the end of January this year, when the Government team considered the ground floor of this property to be the “ideal location” to locate the “Blue Economy Center within the framework of the CIA and Alicante Futura”. services Security, Emergencies and Civil Protection.
Prior to this mission, the CIA’s organizer had requested a construction permit and mandatory use compliance report; The Work Control Technical Department evaluated this. “not available”. As later stated in the complaint, two withdrawals From the company’s perspective: urban planning report and license application. Later, the building was transferred to the Local Agency.
Immediately afterwards, a decree was issued accepting the withdrawal of the license for the works that had been started. Middle of April, Jobs that do not require explicit permission because they are promoted through secondment by the City Council.
Before going to the prosecutor’s office, the PSOE asked the Barcala government to stop the work and the City Council to encourage a specific change in the PGOU to change the use of the plot, and the Spanish mayor called on the socialists to take action. to the court.