report ombudsman It opened a new front with the Ministry of Inclusive Policies and Equality, headed by Aitana Mas. The first vice-president’s initial response was tougher yesterday, when the Valencia ombudsman denied that some of his demands were not met.
One of the questions answered by the Ombudsman is access to inspection records centers for the elderly and minors. At a press conference yesterday after Consell, the vice president assured the Ombudsman team that his department was treating the team as district lawmakers, meaning they all had access to the documents, but copies were not provided. At this point Mas went so far as to confirm that copies of the minutes in question were never provided and that the inconsistency began to speak to the Ombudsman personally. He also expanded this situation to the following stage: Monica Oltra.
From this position of inactivity, the defender resources Ombudsman’s own law it was approved just two years ago, and in its article 37 it mentions that all subjects whose activities they are investigating must give them access to files and documents, or even “give a copy” if they need to clarify the facts. the only limitations set by law. And this is where the criteria clash.
Thereupon, the Ombudsman went one step further and denied this issue, and Ex officio complaint no 2001291 dated 2021 about Elche housing for the elderly in Altabix, The Ministry submitted the minutes as specified in the report of that year.
More cooperation and tension
At this point the relationship seems to have solidified, although both parties try to fix the story whenever they speak to the media and return to the corporate tone and cooperation the statistics show. Actually, the Minister for Equality, More, yesterday once again stressed that the “alarming tone” of Ombudsman Ángel Luna did not correspond to the degree of cooperation given to the legal body. “We are the third most collaborating department,” says Mas, reminding that recommendations are often collected because he understands that this figure is important and relevant to the Valencian Community.
The Generalitat’s vice-president did not want to enter into the assessments made by the defender or by Ángel Luna himself, as he saw it as “ugly”. The vice-president reiterated that his department is not “denying” the Ombudsman’s access to inspection records and even facilitating them to check the files and move them to Alicante, where the agency is, so they don’t travel. to Valencia.
In Aitana Mas’s view, the Ombudsman should take into account the development of institutions when it comes to the ministry he manages, as there were 14,096 complaints in 2016, down to the current 1,062, which shows a reduction of 13,000 complaints. “cooperation and a job well done” and in this case “not talking about hostility” makes it difficult. “You can always improve” in areas such as Addiction, Valencia Participation Income and others, but the effort is “enormous,” he concluded.