Employment Councilwoman Santander diverted public funds – The Farad

Noelia Espinosa

Noelia Espinosa, Councillor for employment of the city of Santander, diverted funds from the municipal public company Santurbán (which channels employment actions and other matters in the city) for private purposes.

so what determines a report commissioned by the city of Santander and it has confirmed the mayor, Inigo de la Serna, at a press conference convened emergency.

the alderman has demanded the Councillor for Employment, Noelia Espinosa, his record for issues management. Espinosa itself has accepted and has given his record.

De la Serna has even announced a lawsuit against it due to the lack of funds worth about 6,000 euros in its areas of competence, and has asked the PP the deregistered, besides having already ordered an audit of its management.

the mayor has called this morning press conference to report on, and previously has called the board of directors of the public company Santurbán and the Board of Spokesmen for informal.

All following an internal investigation that determined payments from Santurbán in principle to an external company, an advice, but did not receive the money and she diverted to else, confirmed this weekend.

desd the City Council have withdrawn the powers to hire and been required to return the money. So far this herself morning has made an income of about $ 3,000 in the bank account Santurbán.

“WE ARE BROKEN”

The mayor claimed the “speed” and “transparency “in its handling of this matter, and has drawn attention to the” hard time “going on in the government team (” are broken “) to the” astonishment “that has produced them this behavior of a partner.

has also claimed that “has not influenced” in its decision the political moment nor has spent his mind to wait until Monday, after the elections to tell what happened, despite being “perfectly aware that we are in election campaign “.

And has emphasized the importance of ensuring the” honesty “of the members of the Municipal Corporation, after putting in value that has chosen the path” hard “in this situation.

mUNICIPAL PUBLIC SECTOR

it is not the only case of employees or municipal officials whose management has ended question: last February, another court action was announced against an employee of the municipal Sports Institute on suspicion of irregularities in the awarding of contracts, which would have simulated to give the appearance of plurality of offers.

in February 2014, the Prosecution and the Court of Auditors referred to a report based on the which accused an employee of the municipal public company Cemetery Ciriego by the disappearance of 176,700 euros

Without forgetting what happened in other municipal company, Mercasantander. its exgerente Paloma Late was sentenced in April 2013 four years and three months in prison for possession of more than one million euros to the company

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