The Valencian government chaired by Carlos Mazón, with the support of Vox, has approved a modification of the Transparency and Good Governance Law that affects the information that must be made public on the Fixed Fund.
As it is a matter related to transparency, the modification is promoted by the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana and was promoted after the conflict that originated from the food of 853 euros that Mazón charged in the first instance to the fixed box, but finally and after the repairs of the intervention, he paid from his pocket in metallic sending his secretary to the restaurant two stars Michelin Michelin L'Asclaleta L' from Alicante However, as Eldiario.es unstapped exclusively, the regional administration also ended up paying him on June 12, 2024, so the owner of the establishment reimbursed the money.
After all this process, Presidency put in the draft of the Accompany Law that was processed between September and October of last year a modification in article 17 section H that regulates the information that must appear in the fixed box. The accompaniment law was finally approved, together with that of Budgets, on May 28, so the new text entered vigor on May 31, the day when The change in the Official State Gazette (BOE) was published.
The full text of section H Before the change said: “Information on fixed cash funds. We must publish the fixed cash expenses disaggregated by management centers, with indication in each registry of the economic concept, the third perceptor, the date and the reason of the expense and the date and the amount of the invoice or diet, without prejudice to the compliance of the applicable regulations in the field of personal data protection in terms of data. update at least monthly. ”
After the change, it remains: “We must publish the expenses of fixed cash disaggregated by management centers, indicating in each registration of the economic concept: description of the type of expense, the third perceptor, and the date and amount of the invoice or diet, without prejudice to the compliance of the applicable regulations in the field of personal data protection in terms of data of natural persons. This information has to be updated, at least monthly”.
That is, instead of detailing the reason for the expenditure that is passed to the fixed box, the type of expense will only have to be reported. In this regard, sources of presidency of the Generalitat say that “type of expense encompasses much more than a reason for spending and therefore, what is intended is to increase transparency over the fixed box. It is intended to encompass a broader category of information than with the description type of expense.” Asked about the additional information that this change will imply, there was no answer.
On the other hand, both Compromís and the PSPV see it just the opposite, as a cut in transparency and information that until now offered the fixed box. The deputy spokeswoman for the Valencian coalition, Isaura Navarro, has criticized that “with the PP the opacity and uncontrolled use of public money, the private guns paid at all costs without anyone without anyone being able to control it,” and added. “They do not want us to know neither the reason for spending or who they were, so that citizens do not know how public money is spent, or who invite everyone's coast. When you want to govern opacity it is because they have much to hide. Transparency is an antidote in front of corruption, and it is clear that the PP is not good.”
The socialist deputy Mercedes Caballero has commented that the change seeks to hide “with whom the money is spent and what” and that at most will only be known the amount. Caballero recalled that “until the change were detailed names and surnames of all diners, as well as the establishment” and has located to see the information published as of May 30. In addition, he has assured that “surely you will not be able to know everything that has been known about that Mazón food or the comilonas of the Department of Education, José Antonio Rovira.”
And, Compromís denounced that the Department of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira, had spent with public money from the fixed box of his department 11,968 euros in 84 meals and dinners, within the framework of “work meetings”, although their reason is not specified.
As for Mazón, as this newspaper advanced, the food took place on November 1, 2023 with his wife and two more friends. After finishing the food, the president told the restaurant owner to pass the bill to the Generalitat. L'Ascaleta's staff initiated the refund procedure, which Kiko Moya himself considers very “phalla”.
Weeks after starting the administrative process, the Generalitat replied that intervention did not validate the invoice and that another process had to be initiated. “We had to send the bill to another window,” explains the chef and owner of the restaurant. And so did those responsible for accounting for Gastronomy Services Reymo SL, who sent the bill for collection.
Months later, and according to the restaurant owner, “the secretary of the President of the Generalitat paid the food in ‘Cash ', so we gave the debt satisfied. ”However, to the surprise of the businessman, on June 12, 2024, the Generalitat Valenciana paid him by transfer the 853.78 euros of the food of November 1, 2023. Seeing the income and when verifying that the secretary of Mazón had already paid the food in metallic He reimbursed the presidency of 853.78 euros, accounting movement that appeared reflected in the Generalitat Fixed Fund on October 22, 2024, As can be verified in the Transparency Portal of the Generalitat 'GVA Oberta'.
