The PSOE has denounced today the “clientelist economic management and full of irregularities of Vicent Marí“, confirmed -as they have stated- by the latest report of the Audit Office, corresponding to the year 2022. The report highlights a total of 34 “incidences” of different types, from subsidies to contracts, affecting both the Consell Insular and the public company FECOEV. As conclusions, the Sindicatura has detected a total expenditure of 2.7 million euros in irregular contracts, warns of possible splitting of contracts and confirms the abuse of finger grants, which have reached 37.5% of the total. This was denounced today by the PSOE spokesman, Josep Marí Ribas ‘Agustinet‘ and the deputy spokesman, Elena López, at a press conference in which they have assessed the conclusions of the report, which form “an alarming picture of lack of transparency, breach of legality and an absolutely clientelistic public management”. In this regard, they refer to the “abuse of direct subsidies without justification“. “The “finger” subsidies represent 37.6% of the total subsidy activity, failing to comply with the principles of publicity and concurrence established in the regulations. The nominal subsidies, according to law, should be exceptional, has become the usual practice and that does nothing but grow since Vicent Marí governs the Consell Insular”, they have pointed out through a press release. In addition, the socialists point out that “the report is from 2022, but last year (2023) the nominative subsidies represented 43.50% of the total (3.9M€), while in 2024 they have shot up to 51.5% of the total, reaching a total of 4,785,00 euros, according to the budgets of the Consell Insular“, as explained by ‘Agustinet’ and Elena López. In the specific analysis of some files, the Sindicatura warns of incidents such as lack of objective criteria in the bases of calls, resolutions taken with criteria that did not appear anywhere, lack of justification of the subsidy, lack of justification of the amount subsidized or expenses that are not eligible for subsidy. In addition, the Sindicatura criticizes the lack of transparency of Vicent Marí, who “has not sent a single certified list of subsidies granted on a competitive basis and direct concession”, while from the dependent entities this information has not been sent”. A lack of transparency that occurs “in general and at all levels”, not only in terms of the documentation requested by the Sindicatura, they explained.
