The judicial resolution details that the mayor authorized a series of payments for overtime and salary supplements that lacked technical and legal support. Gratifications for extraordinary services were detected for officers who had not completed their annual ordinary working hours, as well as remuneration supplements without proof of effective service provision.
“"The situation is a case of embezzlement of public funds that directly affects resources allocated to essential services and social policies in the locality."
The publication of this sentence has generated an immediate reaction from the opposition in Chipiona, which has demanded the immediate resignation of the mayor. The political party maintains that the mayor acted by circumventing technical reports and current regulations, describing the events as a case of public fund embezzlement.
The opposition has also questioned the role of the councilors from the partner party in the governing team for maintaining their support for a mayor whose management has been scrutinized. Alongside the demand for dismissal, they have called for greater institutional transparency and the implementation of independent audits to effectively supervise the economic administration of the City Council.
The local administration now faces the process of restoring the capital indicated in the sentence to re-establish balance in the affected municipal assets.
