The councilor of the Municipal Socialist Group, Enrique Ayuso, has once again demanded the Ballesta government "to make available to the municipal intervention all the means that are necessary to ensure that municipal accounts are fiscalized according to legality."
Ayuso has indicated that the State Court of Accounts "draws the attention to the City of Murcia in its last report of March 29 due to the lack of resources available to the Intervention services and because the established In legislation. "
In that report, the Court of Auditors recalls that the law obliges the City Council to "control and internal control of the Bank's economic and financial management, including the intervention of revenues and their collection, and their financial control and control. effectiveness".
The Court also shows that the delay is compounded, since the last report of the intervention is from the budget year 2010 and was issued in 2013.
Ayuso also recalled that, at the March 2016 plenary session, the Socialist Group submitted a motion, which was approved by all political groups, demanding that one of the main companies owned by the city council (Aguas de Murcia) submit to " Public, financial, legality and efficiency of the City of Murcia by the Municipal Intervention Service, and if he did not have the means to do so, that requires such contracting under his own direction. "
The Socialist Group has reiterated this request on multiple occasions within the EMUASA Board of Directors, without the Government of Ballesta having complied with the approved initiative.
On the other hand, Ayuso has expressed the need to improve the structure of the municipal tax management bodies, as advised by the Court of Auditors.
"According to the Court of Auditors, it would be advisable to create, within the structure of the Tax Management Body, the post reserved for officials with national qualification, either as director of the Municipal Tax Agency or Head of the Collection Unit. Purpose would be to make effective the assignment to the said Organ of the function of collection of municipal taxes, as well as the collection in executive period of other revenues of public law of the City of Murcia in accordance with the provisions of article 135 of the Regulatory Law Of the Bases of the Local Regime, "has concluded.
Source: PSOE Murcia