- Equalization of our officials with national authorization was proposed by Citizens to avoid the empty calls and political dedazos, "but we will not vote blindly, without the report that guarantees that they will charge the same as in other municipalities with a population similar ", explains the spokesman of Ciudadanos Cartagena, Manuel Padín
Cartagena, Monday, January 28.
Regarding the salary equalization of Nationally Qualified Officials, the spokesperson for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín recalled in the Finance Committee today that this is one of the conditions that Ciudadanos included in its pact with the PSOE to approve the municipal budgets of 2018, "with that point we wanted to promote as soon as possible and following scrupulously the current regulations, the necessary remuneration guarantees so that the calls to the City Council posts of officials with national qualification will not be deserted again, as it has always happened. "
The objective is clear, to finish once with the political dedazos in this City Council because the problem we have is that no State authorized to come to Cartagena for that salary, the seats are deserted again and again, and that favors the appointment to finger of these essential posts for the control of the local administration ".
Cs Cartagena recalls that it asked in the ordinary plenary for this, and the Executive acknowledged that the reason for the deserted calls was that these positions were low paid, so we decided to consider the possibility of matching salaries to those of other municipalities with a level of population and equivalent responsibility. "" The PSOE tries to comply with our agreement, but the comparative analysis we have requested with other similar populations is lacking, "said Padín, who regrets that the local Executive has not taken the necessary documentation to this Commission. and delay this question "that we think is vital for the democratic hygiene of our City Council"
Manuel Padín recalled that his party "has been fighting for a long time to implement measures that reinforce the independence and impartiality of the local government officials with national authorization."
"We have presented in the Congress an NLP to reform the guarantees of the use of the merit contest for the provision of these jobs and that the free designation is a residual procedure that requires the establishment of strict and exceptional requirements that justify it", has explained the orange spokesman who has specified that in the case of the auditors "are responsible for setting legal criteria, monitor and warn elected officials of the legality of their decisions and among its functions highlights the legal, economic and accounting that must be carried out in an impartial and totally autonomous manner, they carry out a multitude of legal acts related for example with the urban general plans, the municipal budgets, granting of public concessions, and hiring that directly and importantly affect the interests of the citizens ".
"Bearing in mind that the majority of cases of corruption have occurred at the local and regional administration levels, the relevance of having the best technicians to ensure the legality of the decisions made is obvious," said Manuel. Padín.
In addition, Citizens has asked the central government to assess the evolution of vacancies in the posts referred to since March 2017, and to explain the biggest obstacles that are found to cover 100% of vacancies, and what you intend to do to overcome them.
Therefore, "we understand that this City Council should have promoted a contest based on the principles of equality, merit and ability and have implemented the necessary actions to prevent these calls were declared void," he added.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena