"It is necessary to establish mechanisms so that officials can denounce without risk and with guarantees any type of irregularity or illegality," explains the local spokesman, Antonio Murcia
Citizens has taken a new step in the process of democratic regeneration and transparency undertaken since their access to institutions, by getting the City of San Javier establish the appropriate mechanisms so that its own officials can report without risk of reprisals how many irregular or illegal actions Could be committed in the field of local administration.
The orange municipal group presented a motion in this sense that has been approved in plenary despite the abstention of the Government team of the Popular Party, "an attitude that says much of the true intention and regenerative capacity of a party surrounded precisely by the Cases of corruption that we know day after day, "said local spokesman of Cs, Antonio Murcia.
The motion of Cs finally approved mandata to the City of San Javier to establish a framework of protection for public employees who report irregular or illegal practices by their managers.
"The City must urgently put into operation procedures, ways and forms of information treatment that is facilitated in this regard so that whistleblowers do not feel intimidated by possible reprisals," Murcia explains.
In addition to the officials themselves, companies, contractors, suppliers and citizens in general are expected to be covered by these possible practices, something that is already established legislatively even in countries such as the United Kingdom or the United States.
The motion also includes an obligation to urge the Regional Assembly and the Governing Council to develop within a maximum of six months an autonomous regulation to define the framework of legal protection for civil servants and employees who report episodes of corruption within the Of the Public Administration.
Source: Ciudadanos Región de Murcia