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The Commission is also investigating issues such as recruitment for these football fields or making income and expenses
The exedil Sports Miguel Cascales has recognized today in the Monitoring Committee of Sports irregularities were committed in the management of football fields in the districts during his tenure.
The former PP councilor for 20 years has come to the Commission at its request, in order to clarify some events in these sports facilities.
The request for hearing of Cascales took place in this same Commission on April 6 by Murcia Now, with the vote for all local groups.
Cascales explained, before the council of PP, PSOE, Citizens Now Murcia and change Murcia, according to the current regulations, the Department of Sports delegated to the municipal boards management and maintenance of soccer fields, but many of these boards performed, in turn, gave the management and maintenance of these facilities to football clubs, an action for which they are not authorized by law.
The exedil has indicated that it acted in this way because, in his view, "was the best way to manage football fields in villages, as it was less bureaucratic, easier".
Cascales has also pointed out that "instead of giving grants to clubs and rented these fields, they directly gave way to expedite the process."
However, in addition to the transfer of the facilities by numerous boards, those same clubs continued to receive subsidies by other means, through agreements with the City.
This allegedly irregular situation of football fields led to events like that in some of these fields are hired staff, unclear if done through meetings or clubs, or take place operations that entailed expenditure and revenue and that the City did not supervise.
However, the exconcejal Sports said that he sees nothing "irregular" in these actions and that "would act the same way."
Councilman Now Murcia Luis Bermejo recalls that when they began to appear the first complaints of neighbors and users of football fields, Cascales merely sent letters to the boards, pointing out that they could not charge for the use of facilities, a measure insufficient, "because the exconcejal did not try to clarify what was happening in managing these sports facilities, or take further action. the Department did not act with due diligence, which has already brought, for now, a sentence City Council compensation to a worker from one of these football fields. "
On 19 May, the Commission held its last meeting to draw conclusions and close the work.
Should conclude that Cascales has some responsibility in these events will be reported to the relevant authorities.
Source: Ahora Murcia
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