The past Sunday was a black day for the system oppositions In Spain. The reason: two processes were suspended public call for tenders for question leaks either security vulnerabilities. On the one hand, during the night of September 28 to 29 The exam questions were leaked in a “self-serving” manner, according to the USO. Information and content access public employment in RTVE. On the other hand, one of the boxes containing the evidence to oppose the Civil Guard It was poorly sealed, so the Armed Institute proceeded to invalidate his approach.
These situations therefore represent a “erosion of credibility» of the Spanish Society of Radio and Television, in the words of FACUA, in addition to planting doubts among thousands of opponents which exists in Spain in different areas. Is the system secure? Is it transparent? Is this true? These are some of the questions raised by 5,000 opponents which were going to be examined to access RTVE or the 26,332 people summoned to cover one of the 2,721 places who are proposed to enter the Civil Guardin addition to the rest of the public service and society…
As EL ESPAÑOL learned, the opposition system in Spain has several security vulnerabilities there is an urgent need to remedy this situation for the good of the public sector. Antonio Bénitezpartner, director and founder of the administrative firm Abogados, located in Madridit is clear that the the system in Spain “is not infallible”having three obvious shortcomings which cause question leaks and security vulnerabilities in the various processes.
1. Leaks by members of the tribunal
One of deficiencies This has to do with the composition of the selection courts of the different oppositions. These courts, as the lawyer explains, are collegial bodies “formed by the President Secretary and the vowels» which must ensure that “the principles of equality, deserved And ability in access to public service”, as defended by the Constitution.
Even if since 2007 There are laws which establish that courts must be governed by the principles of impartiality and professionalism of its members – “prohibiting politicians, trusted staff, temporary staff or unions from accessing the courts” – the truth is that “the system is not infallible“. For this reason, “we cannot prevent some of the members who make up the collegial body from disclosing all or part of the examination”, deplores the lawyer, recognizing however that this is a practice which is not not common.
The opponents for the informant category on RTVE, this Sunday, when the exam is suspended.
But it happens. Without going any further, in the early hours of Saturday to Sunday”“someone from the examining court” filtered 83% of the exam questions in an “interested” manner, RTVE sources explained to the media. This caused 30 minutes of the start of the test, scheduled for 11:00 a.m.opposition organizers suspended it, leaving thousands of candidates in the lurch.
THE RTVE addressConsequently, he reported the facts to Police looking for “debugging responsibilities“. Certain responsibilities of review committee members. This is composed of Jose Angel Carpiovowel; Esteban Crespomember and director of RTVE of Catalonia; Margarita Enriquezvowel; Maria Consuelo Fernándezvowel; Manuel Midonvowel; Cristina Onegadirector of Chaîne 24 Heures and member; Miguel Angel Ortsvowel; Julien Pérezvowel; Marthe Ribasvowel; Guidmar Zaballosvowel; and Raquel de la Ossa, secretary of the court.
Presumably, one of them may have leaked the exam questions. And, according to the lawyer Antonio BénitezIn Spain “filter a review is intended as a crime of revealing secretspunished by prisonand when committed by an official or authority, the penalties are increased by the upper half, in addition to imposing the penalty of disqualification for his profession for the time six to 12 years“.
For now, even if what happened with the flight of the opposition into RTVETHE RTVE Human Resources Department and the unions of public entities agreed that the exam try to celebrate November 9 or 10. However, if it was possible to achieve it in the faculties to be determined, they also considered that it was the Saturday 2 or Sunday 3. Likewise, the the court will be completely renovated and no member will know the questions of others, explains CGU.
2. Outsource process phases
For Antonio Bénitezwhat treasures 15 years of experience appeal irregularities in opposition proceduresanother problem that exists in Spain This is due to the fact that certain public administrations outsource the phases of the selection processes to companies. “These phases range from editing, management, conservation, collection and processing of reviews and in our opinion this is a mistake, because it is much more difficult to apply the principles of neutrality and independence required in the Public administration” said the lawyer.
Exactly, a failure of management This is what could have happened this Sunday, causing the suspension of opposition tests for entry into the Civil Guard. “Having detected a error in the labeling of one of the boxes received and sealed to the knowledge exams of the access tests for entry to the Corporals and Guards Scale of the Civil Guard“It is necessary to suspend the tests planned for tomorrow, September 29,” the police said in a press release last Saturday.
A civil guard informing the candidates of the suspension of the opposition.
What happened is that, as EL ESPAÑOL explains Pancho Alvarezhead of the Geopol Academy – expert in preparing oppositions to Civil Guard and the National Police–, “The mistake was made by the exam packaging company.“. “We must start from the fact that Civil Guard In the same process, he takes an exam on Saturday and another on Sunday, which are also different exams. And as we are told in the academies, the problem is that the packaging company had introduced Sunday tests in Saturday boxes. Then, the chain of traceability was broken, because Sunday’s questions were revealed through these poorly closed boxes,” he adds.
The consequence is that the opposition It has been suspended and there are plans to resume it.at least in three weeks“. “Furthermore, I believe that a fundamental problem is that the Civil Guard should take the same exam on the same day, as the National Policeand then there wouldn’t be these kinds of problems,” he says. Pancho. Despite this, it seems that in this case the outsourcing of editing and curation of examination materials fact that the evidence was misplaced. And so the story will end with the suspension of the process.
3. Macroprocess
“Another error in the selective processes has to do with the design of the system itself: in most cases it is about macroprocessin which thousands of places are announced, being difficult by the infrastructure itself, by the number of candidates and by the evacuation procedures in which a plurality of people are present, that everything happens without any type of incident“, culminates Antonio Bénitezpartner, director and founder of the Administrative firm Abogados.
Asked about the possible solutions to remedy the deficiencies of Spanish opposition systemthe lawyer is clear: “There are several options which are already implemented by certain Administrations. For example, take the exam on the same day of realization by the applicants and, in this way, there is no significant time for filtration. Or, another measure generally applied more frequently is distribute the content of the evidence between the members of the courtso that only the secretary has the complete review and the rest of the members have only partial content. Finally, keep exams in a safeas well as in sealed boxes with closed envelopes.
Opposition candidates will access RTVE this Sunday, while the tests are suspended.
Despite the suspension of oppositions organized this Sunday to access RTVE wave Civil Guardthe truth is that the leaks “are exceptional”, affirms the lawyer before adding: “In the legal processes that we initiate when it comes to the selection process, candidates’ grounds for appeal are generally related to an incorrect assessment of the merits of the process.
