ERC denounces "maneuvers" for dismissing the manager of Tarragona Ràdio, protected by Antifrau
Some parties are calling for accountability because the station did not broadcast during the general blackout.
TarragonaThe spokesperson for the ERC group at Tarragona City Council, Maria Roig, this morning denounced "maneuvers" to remove the current manager of Tarragona Ràdio, who is protected by the Catalan Anti-Fraud Office for having reported a possible case of corruption. According to the Republican spokesperson, at the last Tarragona Ràdio board meeting, the PP, En Comú Podem, and former Vox councilor Javier Gómez asked that the station be held accountable for its inability to continue broadcasting its programming during the blackout. The power outage not only silenced Tarragona Radio, but also most other stations in the country. "We will remain steadfast in defending the manager of Tarragona Ràdio and reject his dismissal under the pretext of the blackout," Roig stated outside Tarragona City Council.
The member of the board of directors of Tarragona Ràdio also recalled that the current manager "accessed the position through a public competition during the term of Mayor Pau Ricomà, guaranteeing, for the first time, an open, public and transparent selection process for the management of the entity." "Until the arrival of this manager, all the previous ones had been appointed by finger," Roig recalled.
In addition to having obtained the position through a public competition, the manager is protected by Antifrau because as soon as he arrived at the radio station, he reviewed the accounts and put the matters in the hands of a judge. possible irregular payments worth 800,000 euros. The suspicious invoices date from 2009 to 2019, that is, while Socialist Josep Fèlix Ballesteros was mayor of the city. The Republicans denounce that since the Socialists returned to govern Tarragona, there have been "strange managerial restructuring maneuvers" and "Mayor Viñuales seems to have sought a way to place the manager outside the entity, although the protection of the Catalan Anti-Fraud Office, an agency that only protects cases with clear indications of need."
According to the newspaper published on Monday The WorldThe municipal government intends to convene a board meeting of Tarragona Ràdio on June 19 to discuss the manager's situation. However, this possibility has not yet been confirmed by the City Council.
