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Information note on the Court of Auditors
Madrid, 24 July 2020
Nota informativa
The Court of Auditors files the complaint filed against the president of the CIS for a contract made to a company
- According to the Court, there is no irregularity in the orders that CIS has made to a private company during the state of alarm
- It states that "the existence of an effective and concrete scope or impairment of public funds has not been verified"
Madrid, July 24, 2020 . The Court of Accounts has archived, without even opening information proceedings, the complaint that a private lawyer had filed against the president of the Sociological Research Center, José Félix Tezanos, for a contract made to a private company during the state of alarm.
The Court maintains that "the existence of an effective and concrete impact or impairment of public funds has not been verified", noting that "there has been no specific damage to the public funds of the CIS capable of generating accounting liability due to scope". Assessments in which the reports presented by the State Attorney's Office and the Prosecutor's Office also agree.
Furthermore, the Court highlights that the statements made by the complainant in relation to the alleged irregularity in the contracting carried out by the CIS " are generic and imprecise and represent, ultimately, mere suspicions of the existence of illicit acts that, however, do not receive confirmation, given that the only documentation provided is photocopies of different press articles.
The position of the Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's Office is consistent with the arguments contained in the ruling of the Court of Accounts order . In this way, both institutions also consider that "the existence of any impairment in the CIS funds as a consequence of the award and execution of the alleged contract denounced has not been proven."
The Directorate of the Sociological Research Center requested four offers and budgets from the following demographic companies: INTERCAMPO, IMOP, GESOP and CIMOP. Projects and budgets that were delivered to the CIS, dated, sealed and authenticated .
The fact that emergency contracts do not require this formality and can be carried out even verbally does not imply that the CIS did not follow the usual procedure, also on an urgent basis, to guarantee maximum objectivity, effectiveness and transparency in its operation. .
For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.
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