5 of the awarded municipalities Funds from the Generalitat and councils to finance the concession help for covid-19 They did not implement them at a rate higher than 20% in fiscal 2020. Alicante Town Hall, The rate of non-applied was 40.6%. Behind the state capital, but at the top of the table are Elche (23.9%), Torrevieja (23.1%), Elda (21.6%) and Castellón (21.5%). This is one of the main complaints in the latest report published by. Comptes SyndicateIn 2020, it oversaw compliance with existing legislation on subsidies and aid due to the pandemic by local organizations with a population of more than 50,000 and by the three councils.
control work done by union detected a number of incompatibilities in help; 71.1 million euros awarded Total. In the provincial example, Benidorm rules the major events with 17 ahead of Orihuela (15), Alcoy and Elche (11), Alicante (9), San Vicente (6), Torrevieja (5), Diputación (4). and Elda (2). The audit report released this Thursday also discloses that not all city councils and city councils have approved a strategic plan for subsidies or published calls and concessions in the National Subsidy Database and related transparency portals.
Internal control
With regard to internal control, all organizations annual financial control plan, others considered but did not consider or implement control of the help given. Some files reviewed contain objections and review deficiencies.
Regarding the files under review, the Buyer’s observations thirteen important events, This refers to the fact that thirteen city councils have called for assistance for the self-employed and small businesses, whose purpose may partially overlap with the assistance provided by the Generalitat for the self-employed. Specifically, 1,207 beneficiaries have been identified, who have received 1.5 million aid from the municipal councils and also 1.6 million from the Generalitat.
pay back
Only four city councils have initiated the relevant reimbursement files. In the remaining cases, possible duplications identified were communicated to both the relevant municipal councils and the municipality. labor institutionTo coordinate the processing of relevant reimbursements, in their capacity as manager of assistance from Generalitat.
The report also includes a number of recommendations that affect the management of assistance given by the regional advisory body. These recommendations of the recipient include analyzing the advisability of establishing a special subsidy application that allows verification of the processing status of each of the aid application files, leaving a record in the individual files of each beneficiary of the review. have sufficient staff to carry out financial control plans or, alternatively, to hire audits carried out in the management department.
A body that continues to await regeneration
Sindicatura de Comptes still waiting for its renewal. Its three trustees (Vicente Cucarella, Marcela Miró and Antonio Mira-Perceval) They have been exercising temporarily since June 20 and there are a number of factors that make it difficult for them to regenerate. One is the lack of understanding between PSPV and Compromís regarding the figure of the Ombudsman, a position Cucarella currently holds. The closeness of May also complicates the process because right-wing parties prefer to wait for the elections.
Barceló criticizes Barcala’s “irresponsibility” and demands clarification from him
PSPV-PSOE candidate for Mayor of Alicante, Main Barcelonamade a request to the mayor this Thursday, popular Louis Barcala To make an urgent statement after learning that the City Council only spent 59.4% of the funds it received from the Generalitat and the Provincial Council in 2020 to provide relief in the face of the covid emergency. «It’s a lack of responsibility The socialist candidate called for the return of budget items designed to help the population and economic sectors during the health emergency, before describing Luis Barcala’s “ineffective” administration as “very serious”.