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CNIO Board Cuts Intermediate Posts as Prosecutors Weigh Contracting Complaints

The board approved an organizational reordering following a report the new manager filed with Madrid prosecutors.

Overview

  • The board unanimously endorsed a restructuring to remove duplicative layers, eliminating the vice director for economic affairs, the general secretary, and the deputy to the manager.
  • Manager José Manuel Bernabé told trustees he delivered a report on November 18 to the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office and the board said it has no record of complaints other than his filing.
  • Prosecutors are reviewing allegations from a former senior official that contracts were split or inflated or lacked real services under prior leadership, according to earlier EFE reporting.
  • ABC reported that board president Diana Morant withheld worker warnings about alleged procurement and accounting mismatches from trustees ahead of Tuesday’s session.
  • Worker letters dated August 18 and 26 allege disciplinary cases against two directors were unlawful reprisals under Spain’s whistleblower law and note prior alerts sent in March and June.