He Administrative Court of Navarre ruled that the contribution of 6,000 euros by the Pamplona City Hall At Korrikacarried out through sponsorship, was irregular. In this way, the TAN estimated the resource of the Cultural Association and Peña Sanferminera Pompaelo and canceled the secret grant from Pamplona City Hall to Korrika 2023.
As Pompaelo explained in a press release, the Pamplona City Hall, currently chaired by EH Bildu, contributed 6,000 euros to finance the project. “Korrika 23”a relay race for the promotion of the Basque language which raises funds for its adult education, organized by the educational cooperative AEK.
This decision was implemented with a minor sponsorship contract, thus avoiding all the limitations associated with granting municipal subsidies without fulfilling the requirements. Understanding that the contract did not comply with the law, the Pompaelo Association filed an appeal before the Administrative Court of Navarra, which was resolved favorably to our position. declare the contract void.
On the other hand, in a press release, the UPN criticized “the use of Pamplona City Hall by Asirón to flood his friends with public money, also bypassing ordinary channels.
“Asirón knows perfectly well that sponsorship implies justified advertising compensation and that it doesn’t exist, but he still gave the money that way, because he had no other choice. And that’s it Municipal regulations prohibit subsidizing events or acts in which terrorists are exalted. or terrorism, something common to all editions of Korrika. “Asiron is fully aware of all this and that is why it chose the path of sponsorship,” UPN said, calling it “regrettable” that it “circumvented the regulations.”
The municipal group indicated that “the promotion of Basque This is one of the activities subsidized by the Pamplona City Council, but unfortunately every year we attend events of exaltation of ETA terrorists during the Korrika celebration. Asiron knows this is the case, but he has no problem giving them money from everyone in Pamplona. »
UPN “waits” to know if Bildu will appeal the TAN resolution before the courts. “It would not be a surprise, just another example of Bildu using everyone’s money for partisan purposes. In any case, we will demand respect from the competent authorities,” he concluded.
