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SPCT asks whether the administrative litigation brought by the contractor of Batel reflects a real difference or a theater on the eve of elections.

This case is very similar to the modus operandi of the council with the case New Gate.

When you discover that there is a hole in the company to the City Council we agreed a civil lawsuit, the mayor is well before the public and the winner has nothing to fear because the company is undercapitalized and impossible to collect.

In this case when the Court of Auditors finds that the financial management for the last year of this municipal concession is much less "imperfect", we staged a mismatch in the amount of one semester, 3 months elections of uncertain outcome, we give explanations 4.000.0000 euros of which has already claimed the winning (and we do not know if duly justified) and the Mayor who walks having problems lately for his "Dangerous Liaisons" returns to tell Cartagena she is able to stand by Cartagena defend even his closest collaborators, as is the case.

But in this scenario, is not even the category of farce, because behind this story only thing that is apparent is that the management of the auditorium is very expensive for municipal coffers, which form the award is given to a lack of transparency in expenditure control and although they were warned at the time, that the contract would create problems for municipal coffers, decided to award the concession to the company which now conflict, curiously only that commercial was presented to contest Hall highest management, which resulted in his day much less curious.

Although it seems unlikely we would have liked wrong when the January 10th of 2011 we predicted in the city where the privatization of the management board Auditorium Batel this decision is also a source of conflict, an absolute ruin to city coffers would be.

Today we know that the Gestípolis-Sonora contractor has complained to the City by withhold the grant of the first half of 2014, with interest amounting to 562,000 euros.

Reviewing the activities of our fellow Carmen Martínez and Juan Luis Martínez full of January 10 of 2,011 emphasize the argument of the replica to Mrs. Montero

"Mr Martínez Madrid stating that he has to ask directly to the Councillor of Culture, if it can guarantee today that will not cost more than eight million euros at least the citizens of Cartagena in the next 5 years managing the auditorium. He wants to say clearly whether it will cost if or not. Another question would be what private enterprise will attend a competition that guarantees loss of 8.5 billion euros in five years? He says no. Only those who are absolutely sure that the city is going to cover the hole. The government team, which is the defender of free enterprise, both argue in this case that fixed, even so estimate not only the number of workers who have to hire the company until they are going to win, in an example of what free enterprise. Then you have to allow some to think that these workers do not need to choose the company that operates the auditorium, but the council is who pays for losses and therefore the government team.

All that, with the legal cover of a figure of privatization which is subject only to private law.

Sweet deal for everyone except the citizens of Cartagena "

"Mrs. Martínez Martínez saying that the government team has turned the audience into a machine to lose money. What has made in its construction and now intends to continue in their management. He thinks that we must go for public management who, aware of the economic situation, the belt adjustment. Do you think there will be any real company that if he had the assurance that he would be willing to subsidize lose 8 million euros? Who will want to meet with a deficit management? Certainly are wanting to know the name of the contractor. The most honored for his part would be, four months before the election, and since it will not be operational until at least June, to suspend the privatization the auditorium until citizens speak out at the polls "

In this situation from SPCT we demand the government team that shows public opinion in Cartagena the set of invoices paid to the contractor since the beginning of the concession, in order to analyze whether the cost of operating the auditorium by formula privately run is being burdensome to city coffers in order to immediately consider the need to restore public management Auditorium and Congress Centre.

If the City fails to take decisive action to defend the interests of Cartagena understand that this conflict is another episode in a desperate attempt to stay in power at the expense of whatever.

Source: SPCT