In the bill, EH Bildu also proposes to regulate the protection of whistleblowers of activities related to corruption, as there are “many people” who now do not dare to report.
Euskaraz irakurri: EH Bilduk ustelkeriaren aurkako bulegoa eskatu du, hirugarren aldiz, “De Miguel kasua errepika ez dadin”
Through a bill introduced in the Basque Parliament, EH Bildu has raised the issue of establishing an anti-corruption office in Euskadi, an initiative that has already been presented in the Chamber on two other occasions without any parliamentary procedure. been.
This parliamentary group has been confident that on this occasion the law can be passed, since after the recent ruling of the Supreme Court on the verdicts of the so-called De Miguel case, “the PNV and the PSE have no more excuses”, the parliamentarian has Iker Casanova insured.
EH Bildu considers the establishment of this office necessary in view of “the lack of resources to fight corruption and ensure the proper use of public money” and so that “there will be no more cases of De Miguel in the future.
“If we want to live in a decent country, we must have sufficient mechanisms in place so that neither corruption nor bad practices have a place,” Casanova stressed.
In a press release, EH Bildu assures that “From Miguel, Karratza, Balenciaga, Gipuzkoa Treasury, Bidegi and Pinasoloare cases that show that Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa “are not an oasis” and that corruption “splashes institutions and administrations” in the Basque Country.
“We don’t know if these are specific cases or just the tip of the iceberg, but we cannot allow Basque society to reject the idea that the plots, corruption, plugging, patronage networks and favorable treatment They are normal,” he added.
In the EH Bildu bill, he also proposes that the protection of whistleblowers of activities related to corruption, as there are “many people” who now do not dare to report.
EH Bildu presented the same initiative during the last legislature, but the parliamentary process did not come to an end due to electoral progress.
In 2020, it returned to register a similar bill that had no path before the PNV and PSE opposition processed it.
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