Overview
- Vice-councillor Amelia Martínez told the judge the October 6, 2020 switch from prior audit to permanent financial control for emergency health contracts was approved without the mandatory technical documentation.
- The decision was described as stemming from a verbal request between vice-councillors, and the Presidency previously provided no technical reports because none existed, according to case sources.
- Intervention officials Blanca Pons and María Victoria López ratified in court their reports contesting the legality of the procedures, noting earlier reparos and urging ordinary procurement for certain works.
- The judge has called current SAS chief Valle García and former heads Miguel Ángel Guzmán and Diego Vargas to appear as investigados on November 25 over contract extensions without publicity after legal cover waned.
- Martínez and former SAS economic director José Antonio Miranda denied a loss of €47.5 million in EU funds on the Seville Military Hospital works, saying the phase was paid from regional budgets and citing Finance Ministry data.