Last week, a major political event unfolded as the Generalitat’s public sector oversight was framed as a decisive moment during the Botànic era. The Consell chairman announced that supervisory bodies had identified irregularities in 50 of 54 instrumental companies. Soon after, a commission to investigate the matter was established in the Cortes, with broad agreement from the PP and Vox. By that stage, observers noted that some sources already recognized the investigations would not extend to Intervention reports or a large portion of the organizations personally questioned by the president; instead, the emphasis appeared to be on entities facing higher levels of suspicion.
Informants within the Consell indicate that irregularities were most likely concentrated in specific agencies: the Comprehensive Management of Emergency Services Valencian Community (Sgise), the Valencian ITV Community (Sitval), as well as the Valencia and Alicante fairs. Sgise was under the umbrella of Gabriela Bravo’s Ministry of Justice, while ITV and the fair institutions fell under Rafael Climent’s Sustainable Economy portfolio. Other regional sources note that the field could extend to additional bodies such as the public water sanitation company (Epsar) or the environmental management company (Vaersa).
The analysis by Juan R. Gil
On this basis, some observers accept that the concerns cast by the Consell’s chairman over the broader Generalitat framework are part of a political strategy, since in many cases only minor errors were detected and most were not corrected.
The PP soon clarified its accusations, naming Bravo’s management of emergencies as a focal point. It claimed that the ministry attempted to hire 1,800 employees at gate 28M without authorization from the General Directorate of Budget. In a weekend statement, Mazón shifted blame first toward the former Botànic leadership, then toward ombudsman Miguel Barrachina, and then toward the party itself, outlining the path of the ongoing critique.
Conflicts with Mako Mira
Internal sources describe a confrontation between Bravo and Mako Mira, the regional secretary for the public sector, who remained in his post despite the tensions. The friction between Mira and Climent is argued to extend to ITV due to the decision to revert the Valencia and Alicante fairs to local management.
Interviewees suggest that clashes between Mira and Compromís’s councilor over technical inspections mirror ongoing disputes with Bravo. They contend that the regional secretary will resist Climent’s perceived haste to return the management of this service to self-government. Consequently, Economía extended the concession period by nearly two months, while roughly 1,000 people were integrated into the Generalitat staff.
Regarding the fairs, Valencia’s event organization stood out as the primary source of friction for Botànic. It took almost eight years for the Valencian City Council to finalize an arrangement allowing the Generalitat to assume the institution’s debt, which had reached around 1,000 million euros. This was achieved through an agreement that included relinquishing certain property use and the addition of about one hundred workers to the management team.
In summary, the presented developments underscore a pattern of supervisory scrutiny across several pivotal public bodies, highlighting ongoing political maneuvering and administrative adjustments that define the current governance landscape in the Valencian Community. [Source attribution: regional administrative communications and public records.]