Overview
- Anticorrupción sent its case to a judge in mid‑October 2026 and the Juzgado de Sagunt is now formally investigating the promotion for possible prevaricación and nombramiento ilegal.
- The inquiry concerns a March 2023 internal promotion in Canet d'en Berenguer that moved José Rodríguez Jurado from group C1 to A1, a jump that made him eligible for the subdelegate post he took in February 2024.
- The Agencia Valenciana Antifraude flagged irregularities in December 2022, reopened work after a new complaint in late 2025, and sent its reports and documents to the Ministerio Fiscal when Anticorrupción opened criminal diligencias in early 2026.
- The Ayuntamiento of Canet defends the procedure, citing Valencian Law 4/2021 and prior administrative rulings, while Anticorrupción and AVAF cite Supreme Court jurisprudence that normally bars a direct C1‑to‑A1 promotion.
- Beyond legal risk for Rodríguez, the probe could affect Pilar Bernabé’s planned resignation and local succession, and may lead investigators to examine the mayor and the municipal secretary for their roles in the selection process.