He Municipal Group of the Popular Party asked this Monday resignation of advisor responsible for the area of Citizen affairs from the Pamplona City Hall, after learning that the Administrative Court of Navarre (TAN) granted the appeal filed by the Cultural Association and Peña Sanferminera Pompaelo against the award of the sponsorship contract of Korrika 2023.
The controversy arose when the said association appealed, arguing that the contract signed between the Pamplona City Hall and the organizers of Korrika were, in reality, a hidden subsidysince it did not meet the requirements of the General Subsidies Ordinance.
THE TAN resolution reached an agreement with Pompaelo, declaring the sponsorship contract null and void and guaranteeing that the minor contract used by the Town Hall was not legal, because it lacked justification as to the economic return expected for the Town Hall through this advertising act. According to the TAN, the contract was not in fact a advertising collaboration as presented, but a hidden subsidy.
From the Popular Party of Pamplona, they consider that this action is part of a raw strategy For circumvent municipal regulations and allocate 6,000 euros from the public treasury to finance an event which, according to him, favors exaltation of ETA terrorism. THE Korrikaa race organized by the AEKis known for its connection with the left abertzale and its use as a platform propaganda in favor of ETA terrorists.
The People’s Party indicated that the Mayor Asiron committed a fraud against the lawby allowing public money be used for this type of event without forcing the organizers to stop its use because element of exaltation of terrorism. It was therefore asked immediate resignation of advisor Campionwhom they consider directly responsible for this fraud against the law engaged with total intentionality.
The complaint was formalized in the Citizen Affairs Commissionwhere the People’s Party demands that strong measures be taken to prevent these events from happening again and that responsibilities be determined for what they consider to be a illegal action that you used public money For financing activities that glorify terrorism.
