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The history of the contemporary '''corruption''' in the [[Spain|Spanish]] region of '''[[Navarre]]''' dates back last [[1970s]] when the first Navarrese executive cabinet after the establishment of Navarre's Chartered Autonomous regime in 1982, was shocked by the FASA affair. However with the sole exception of the scandals that took place in the tenure of the socialist president of Navarre Gabriel Urralburu, no high rank officers of the Navarrese government have been found guilty by the courts of justice.
'''Corruption in [[Navarre]]''' refers to a quick succession of corruption scandals which have come to light since 2012 referring to the [[Navarrese People's Union|UPN]]'s tenure in office (since 1996). However, amidst heated political confrontation since the late days of Franco's dictatorship, the first corruption cases erupted early on, going back to the first government cabinets formed after the establishment of Navarre's "Betterment" (the ''Amejoramiento'', a Navarre-specific administrative system, 1982).


In 1996, [[Miguel Sanz]]'s government started a 15-year period of distancing and breaking of virtually all historic institutional bonds and cultural cooperation with [[Southern Basque Country|fellow Basque provinces]], citing fears of a "Basque nationalist takeover", and billing themselves as the guarantee of Navarrese institutions and identity. However, two prime rallying points and historic flagship institutions of all the Navarrese, i.e.[[Caja Navarra]] and [[Osasuna]], collapsed during the UPN's tenure in office.

==Recent scandals and irregularities==
[[File:Rajoy con Yolanda Barcina.jpg|thumb|Yolanda Barcina, president of Navarre since 2011, shaking hands with Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy]]
*[[Caja Navarra scandal]]: Erupted in 2012 under the presidency of [[Enrique Goñi]], resulting in the disappearance of the historic Navarrese savings bank.

*[[Cervera affair]]: A development of the Caja Navarra scandal, it jumped onto the spotlight in December 2012 when [[Santiago Cervera]], a Navarrese [[Popular Party (Spain)|Spanish Conservative]] leader, was found collecting an envelope containing 25,000 euros at the old rampart of Pamplona, and arrested on the spot. The money happened to be a bait planted by the Civil Guard, but Cervera was accused of attempting to blackmail former [[Caja Navarra]] CEO Jose Antonio Asiain in exchange for keeping silent on inconvenient Caja Navarra facts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lanas|first=Pedro|date=2014-01-20|title=El misterio del chantaje trampa al diputado Cervera |url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/20/actualidad/1390244904_522273.html |newspaper=El País|location=Pamplona |access-date=2015-06-02}}</ref> Right the opposite, besides claiming that he was duped, Cervera blamed the whole affair on his opposition to "the looting" taking place in Caja Navarra, aligning in that denouncement with the Navarrese Basque nationalists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carrillo|first=Xabier|date= |title=Santiago Cervera sigue defendiendo su inocencia|url=http://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/politica/videos/detalle/3252884/video-santiago-cervera--juicio-exdiputado-pp/ |newspaper=EITB|access-date=2015-06-02}}</ref>
*Racing circuit of [[Los Arcos]]: A [[white elephant]] case operating at a loss with questioned allocation of works and UPN's government intervention. Designed under [[Miguel Sanz]] and Yolanda Barcina, the project was allocated to the building company ''Samaniego'' but it soon risked bankruptcy, in the face of which the regional government purchased 95% of its capital. The Government of Navarre had to request a credit to meet expenses incurred on the construction works, a figure rising to 62 million euros. Once the circuit opened in 2010, it operated at a loss from scratch (2,6 million euros on its first year). In December 2013, the regional government sold all of the facilities to ''Los Arcos Motorsport'', leading to a balance sheet of 45 millions in losses.<ref>{{cite news |last=Orzaiz|first=Jon|date=2015-04-03|title=Absurdoari monumentuak |url=http://www.berria.eus/albisteak/109660/absurdoari_monumentuak.htm |newspaper=Berria|location=Pamplona|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>

*Health Service crisis: In September 2014, Juan José Rubio, Chief Manager of the Navarre Health Service (''Osasunbidea''), stepped down on operative and managerial outlook discrepancies with Health Secretary of Navarre Marta Vera (UPN); Rubio had been asked to "remain shut in his office" and "out of touch with the board of directors."<ref>{{cite news |last=EP|first=|date=2014-09-17|title="Vera me pidió que no saliera del despacho y que trabajara desde la distancia y sin comunicación con el equipo directivo" |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2014/09/17/sociedad/navarra/vera-me-pidio-que-no-saliera-del-despacho-y-que-trabajara-desde-la-distancia-y-sin-comunicacion-con-el-equipo-directivo |newspaper=Noticas de Navarra|location=Pamplona |access-date=2015-06-07}}</ref> Mr. Rubio, who had been appointed to the highest position in Osasunbidea by the regional government, dwelt later on details, claiming the "organization is sick", involving serious dysfunctions and discontentment among professional and patients alike and pointing to privileges in the Health Service favouring "certain families and crusts" from Navarre. He called for the institution's urgent and necessary re-foundation.<ref>{{cite news |last=EFE EPE|first=|date=2014-09-30|title=EL EXGERENTE EN COMISIÓN PARLAMENTARIA
Juanjo Rubio, exgerente: 'La organización del SNS-O está enferma' |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2014/09/30/sociedad/navarra/juanjo-rubio-exgerente-la-organizacion-del-sns-o-esta-enferma|location=Pamplona |access-date=2015-06-07}}</ref> The regional party UPN, in office, put Mr. Rubio's resignation down to his "inability to accommodate." Opposition parties made Ms. Vera fully responsible for the current state of the public Health Service.<ref>{{cite news |last=Montañes|first=Garikoitz|date=2014-09-30|title=Un sistema de salud público en el que importa tu apellido o condición social |url=http://www.eldiario.es/norte/navarra/ultima_hora/exgerente-servicio-Salud-necesita-refundarse_0_308669278.html%202014-09-30|location=Pamplona |access-date=2015-06-07}}</ref>

*City Police scandals: A series of abuses and arbitrary behaviour detected on the chief officials of the corps Simon Santamaria and Ignacio Polo. The Professional Union of City Police Officers of Spain pointed out that the "work atmosphere between officials and superiors is very tense", with the Pamplona City Police showing the highest work absenteeism rate in like environments across Spain, due to stress and depression. The union's serious allegations against the chief head Santamaria included bullying, harassment, false evidence, and reprisals against police officers, besides denouncing mayor [[Enrique Maya]]'s championing of the chief official.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2013-08-16|title=Prevaricación, coacción, vejaciones. Un sindicato de la Policía Municipal de Pamplona presenta una denuncia contra su jefe y varios mandos que salpica al alcalde de la ciudad, Enrique Maya |url=http://www.elconfidencialautonomico.com/navarra/Prevaricacion-Policia-Municipal-Pamplona-Enrique_0_2108789110.html |newspaper=El Confidencial Autonómico|location= |access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> The [[Navarrese People's Union|UPN]]-appointed Santamaria eventually resigned after political opposition build-up, with opposition parties considering the situation "untenable" and the corps "a paramilitary body".<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2013-08-16|title=La oposición de Pamplona censura la gestión de Simón Santamaría y espera una Policía Municipal "de cercanía" |url=http://www.europapress.es/navarra/noticia-oposicion-pamplona-censura-gestion-simon-santamaria-espera-policia-municipal-cercania-20150116110411 |newspaper=Europa Press|location= |access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> In stark contrast, Maya saluted Santamaria's job during his tenure as "very good".<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2015-01-16|title=Maya: 'Santamaría se va por razones personales; la ciudad no es nada fácil'|url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2015/01/16/vecinos/pamplona/maya-santamaria-se-va-por-razones-personales-esta-ciudad-no-es-nada-facil |newspaper=Noticias de Navarra|location= |access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> In similar circumstances, Pamplona's Citizen Security deputy of Pamplona Ignacio Polo (UPN) was convicted of drink-driving, with his allegations against lower-rank police officers conducting the alcohol check being dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Montañes|first=Garikoitz|date=2015-02-16|title=El exedil de Seguridad Ciudadana de Pamplona Ignacio Polo, culpable por conducir ebrio |url=http://www.eldiario.es/norte/navarra/ultima_hora/Seguridad-Ciudadana-Pamplona-Ignacio-Polo_0_357314398.html |newspaper=El Diario|location= |access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref>
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*[[Osasuna]] scandal: This erupted in early 2015 related to the iconic Navarrese top-flight football club, with links to the Treasury of the Government of Navarre, involving tax evasion, turning a blind eye in governmental surveillance duties, match fixing practices, etc. A UPN-PP-PSN majority vote in the Parliament of Navarre passed a blind fiscal bailout on Osasuna without waiting to audit results while refusing to hand over Osasuna's accountancy information to opposition parties for their consideration ahead of the vote on the law. PSN's spokesperson claimed "they had not been told" of any irregular finances by the directive board of Osasuna, while on the opposite side, [[EH Bildu]] branded the whole affair "a disgrace".<ref>{{cite news |last=Carrillo|first=Xabier|date= |title=Osasuna: UPN y PSN, 'preocupados'; Bildu lo tacha de 'escandaloso'|url=http://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/politica/videos/detalle/2982984/video-osasuna-presunto-amano-partidos--24-millones-justificar/ |newspaper=EITB|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> The football club owed the Government of Navarre 52,8 million euros, but after handing over its patrimony to the government of Navarre, the club's debt rises to 20,6 million euros after the law passed by UPN, [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]] and [[Socialist Party of Navarre|PSN]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lanas|first=Pedro|date=2015-04-30|title=20,6 millones, la deuda fiscal |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2015/04/30/osasuna/206-millones-la-deuda-fiscal |newspaper=Noticias de Navarra|location= |access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> The club is under scrutiny by the European Commission in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=EFE|first=|date=2015-05-20|title=Bruselas mantiene abierta una investigación a Osasuna por ayudas de Estado |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2015/05/20/osasuna/bruselas-mantiene-abierta-una-investigacion-a-osasuna-por-ayudas-de-estado|newspaper=Noticias de Navarra|location=Pamplona|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>
==Governmental corruption record==
==Governmental corruption record==

*FASA affair (1980-1983): A scandal of public funds embezzlement involving [[Unión de Centro Democrático|UCD]] high-ranking official and president of [[Navarre]] [[Jaime del Burgo|Jaime Ignacio del Burgo]] (1979-1983), eventually impeached by the parliament and deposed by the Regional Government (1983). Years later, a tribunal declared him innocent.<ref>{{cite news |last=López Muñoz |first=Ismael |date=1986-04-17|title=La justicia y el 'caso FASA-Del Burgo' |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/04/27/opinion/514936809_850215.html |newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/27466 |title=Jaime Ignacio del Burgo|last1=Sainz Pascual|first1=Zuriñe|last2= |first2= |date=2012 |website=Auñamendi Entziklopedia|publisher=EuskoMedia Fundazioa|access-date=2015-05-15|quote=}}</ref>
*FASA affair (1980-1983): A scandal of public funds embezzlement involving [[Unión de Centro Democrático|UCD]] high-ranking official and president of [[Navarre]] [[Jaime del Burgo|Jaime Ignacio del Burgo]] (1979-1983), eventually impeached by the parliament and deposed by the Regional Government (1983). Years later, a tribunal declared him innocent.<ref>{{cite news |last=López Muñoz |first=Ismael |date=1986-04-17|title=La justicia y el 'caso FASA-Del Burgo' |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/04/27/opinion/514936809_850215.html |newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/27466 |title=Jaime Ignacio del Burgo|last1=Sainz Pascual|first1=Zuriñe|last2= |first2= |date=2012 |website=Auñamendi Entziklopedia|publisher=EuskoMedia Fundazioa|access-date=2015-05-15|quote=}}</ref>


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*Otano affair: [[Socialist Party of Navarre|Socialist]] president of Navarre Javier Otano (1995-1996) was leading a tripartite coalition with parties [[Eusko Alkartasuna]] and CDN when revelations broke out of the existence of a bank account under his name in Switzerland, with Otano announcing his resignation from office almost immediately.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muez|first=Mikel|date=1996-06-19|title=Dimisión fulminante del socialista Javier Otano al descubrirle la juez una cuenta en Suiza|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1996/06/19/espana/835135226_850215.html |newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> Otano categorically denied any personal intent for his signature on the account, signing only "on request of Urralburu" in 1991 for the sake of the party. It was revealed as a case of illegal funding of the Spanish Socialists in Navarre and fraud to the Navarre Treasury driven by Gabriel Urralburu,<ref>{{cite news |last=Lopez|first=B.|date=2005-06-22|title=La comisión del «caso Otano» concluye que el PSN se benefició del dinero de Suiza|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-22-06-2005/abc/Nacional/la-comision-del-caso-otano-concluye-que-el-psn-se-beneficio-del-dinero-de-suiza_203313352889.html|newspaper=ABC|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> with deep political implications. The coalition broke up right away, and [[Juan Cruz Alli]], the leading figure of [[Democrats Convergence of Navarre|CDN]] (a splinter party of UPN), blamed the scandal directly on "[[Socialist Party of Navarre|Socialist]] disloyalty" for demolishing "the possibility of building an alternative Government of Navarre [other than UPN or PSN] integrating diverse political options and therefore betting on the support of the bulk of the Navarre society."<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2008-03-29|title=Alli deja la dirección de CDN culpando de su deriva a la «deslealtad» del PSN en 1996|url=http://gara.naiz.eus/paperezkoa/20080329/69891/es/Alli-deja-direccion-CDN-culpando-su-deriva-deslealtad-PSN-1996|newspaper=Gara|location=|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>
*Otano affair: [[Socialist Party of Navarre|Socialist]] president of Navarre Javier Otano (1995-1996) was leading a tripartite coalition with parties [[Eusko Alkartasuna]] and CDN when revelations broke out of the existence of a bank account under his name in Switzerland, with Otano announcing his resignation from office almost immediately.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muez|first=Mikel|date=1996-06-19|title=Dimisión fulminante del socialista Javier Otano al descubrirle la juez una cuenta en Suiza|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1996/06/19/espana/835135226_850215.html |newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> Otano categorically denied any personal intent for his signature on the account, signing only "on request of Urralburu" in 1991 for the sake of the party. It was revealed as a case of illegal funding of the Spanish Socialists in Navarre and fraud to the Navarre Treasury driven by Gabriel Urralburu,<ref>{{cite news |last=Lopez|first=B.|date=2005-06-22|title=La comisión del «caso Otano» concluye que el PSN se benefició del dinero de Suiza|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-22-06-2005/abc/Nacional/la-comision-del-caso-otano-concluye-que-el-psn-se-beneficio-del-dinero-de-suiza_203313352889.html|newspaper=ABC|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> with deep political implications. The coalition broke up right away, and [[Juan Cruz Alli]], the leading figure of [[Democrats Convergence of Navarre|CDN]] (a splinter party of UPN), blamed the scandal directly on "[[Socialist Party of Navarre|Socialist]] disloyalty" for demolishing "the possibility of building an alternative Government of Navarre [other than UPN or PSN] integrating diverse political options and therefore betting on the support of the bulk of the Navarre society."<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2008-03-29|title=Alli deja la dirección de CDN culpando de su deriva a la «deslealtad» del PSN en 1996|url=http://gara.naiz.eus/paperezkoa/20080329/69891/es/Alli-deja-direccion-CDN-culpando-su-deriva-deslealtad-PSN-1996|newspaper=Gara|location=|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>


*[[Navarre#Present-day_political_dynamics|Lourdes Goicoechea case]] (2014): There was a political scandal erupting in [[Yolanda Barcina]]'s cabinet involving alleged embezzlement and preferential treatment to several high taxpayers and institutions like the [[University of Navarre]]. The Parliament of Navarre launched a parliamentary probe, concluding that the president of Navarre did not explain irregularities or account for obscure practices, for which a majority resolution censured UPN's Barcina. Trying to make political inroads of the scandal, [[Socialist Party of Navarre|Spanish Socialists in Navarre]] initially sided with Basque nationalist parties in order to impeach the president of Navarre, but in the end the national executive body of the Socialist Party considered refuse to side with political coalition Bildu due to their ultranationalist positions and ultimately the impeachment was aborted<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2014-03-07|title=El PSN acata pero critica el veto del PSOE a la moción de censura en Navarra|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/03/06/actualidad/1394117803_489963.html|newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> Weeks after the close of the political scandal, the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice stated that no evidence of corruption or mismanagement had been found in the Goicoechea affair and closed the file.<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2014-06-17|title=Goicoechea se muestra contenta del archivo de las denuncias|url=http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-goicoechea-muestra-contenta-archivo-denuncias-kontuz-ela-demuestra-no-caso-20140617185405.html|newspaper=Europa Press|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref>
*[[Navarre#Present-day_political_dynamics|Lourdes Goicoechea case]] (2014): There was a political scandal erupting in [[Yolanda Barcina]]'s cabinet involving alleged embezzlement and preferential treatment to several high taxpayers and institutions like the [[University of Navarre]]. The Parliament of Navarre launched a parliamentary probe, concluding that the president of Navarre did not explain irregularities or account for obscure practices, for which a majority resolution censured UPN's Barcina. Trying to make political inroads of the scandal, [[Socialist Party of Navarre|Spanish Socialists in Navarre]] initially sided with Basque nationalist parties in order to impeach the president of Navarre, but in the end the national executive body of the Socialist Party considered refuse to side with political coalition Bildu due to their ultranationalist positions and ultimately the impeachment was aborted<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2014-03-07|title=El PSN acata pero critica el veto del PSOE a la moción de censura en Navarra|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/03/06/actualidad/1394117803_489963.html|newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-05-21}}</ref> Weeks after the close of the political scandal, the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice stated that no evidence of corruption or mismanagement had been found in the Goicoechea affair and closed the file.<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=2014-06-17|title=Goicoechea se muestra contenta del archivo de las denuncias|url=http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-goicoechea-muestra-contenta-archivo-denuncias-kontuz-ela-demuestra-no-caso-20140617185405.html|newspaper=Europa Press|location=Madrid|access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref>

==Non-Governmental corruption record==

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*[[Osasuna]] scandal: This erupted in early 2015 related to the iconic Navarrese top-flight football club, with links to the Treasury of the Government of Navarre, involving tax evasion, turning a blind eye in governmental surveillance duties, match fixing practices, etc. A UPN-PP-PSN majority vote in the Parliament of Navarre passed a blind fiscal bailout on Osasuna without waiting to audit results while refusing to hand over Osasuna's accountancy information to opposition parties for their consideration ahead of the vote on the law. PSN's spokesperson claimed "they had not been told" of any irregular finances by the directive board of Osasuna, while on the opposite side, [[EH Bildu]] branded the whole affair "a disgrace".<ref>{{cite news |last=Carrillo|first=Xabier|date= |title=Osasuna: UPN y PSN, 'preocupados'; Bildu lo tacha de 'escandaloso'|url=http://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/politica/videos/detalle/2982984/video-osasuna-presunto-amano-partidos--24-millones-justificar/ |newspaper=EITB|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> The football club owed the Government of Navarre 52,8 million euros, but after handing over its patrimony to the government of Navarre, the club's debt rises to 20,6 million euros after the law passed by UPN, [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]] and [[Socialist Party of Navarre|PSN]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lanas|first=Pedro|date=2015-04-30|title=20,6 millones, la deuda fiscal |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2015/04/30/osasuna/206-millones-la-deuda-fiscal |newspaper=Noticias de Navarra|location= |access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> The club is under scrutiny by the European Commission in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=EFE|first=|date=2015-05-20|title=Bruselas mantiene abierta una investigación a Osasuna por ayudas de Estado |url=http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2015/05/20/osasuna/bruselas-mantiene-abierta-una-investigacion-a-osasuna-por-ayudas-de-estado|newspaper=Noticias de Navarra|location=Pamplona|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>




==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:42, 26 July 2015

The history of the contemporary corruption in the Spanish region of Navarre dates back last 1970s when the first Navarrese executive cabinet after the establishment of Navarre's Chartered Autonomous regime in 1982, was shocked by the FASA affair. However with the sole exception of the scandals that took place in the tenure of the socialist president of Navarre Gabriel Urralburu, no high rank officers of the Navarrese government have been found guilty by the courts of justice.

Governmental corruption record

  • FASA affair (1980-1983): A scandal of public funds embezzlement involving UCD high-ranking official and president of Navarre Jaime Ignacio del Burgo (1979-1983), eventually impeached by the parliament and deposed by the Regional Government (1983). Years later, a tribunal declared him innocent.[1][2]
  • Urralburu affair: Socialist president of Navarre (1983-1991) involved in corruption for kickbacks received in public works. Condemned to prison term in 1995.[3] In 1998, he was also convicted of continued bribery and offences against governmental treasury and mismanagement of public funds within the Luis Roldán case, centred also in Navarre, for which he was given a 11-year-prison sentence.[4] However, by 2001 he was on parole months after getting imprisoned.[5]
  • Otano affair: Socialist president of Navarre Javier Otano (1995-1996) was leading a tripartite coalition with parties Eusko Alkartasuna and CDN when revelations broke out of the existence of a bank account under his name in Switzerland, with Otano announcing his resignation from office almost immediately.[6] Otano categorically denied any personal intent for his signature on the account, signing only "on request of Urralburu" in 1991 for the sake of the party. It was revealed as a case of illegal funding of the Spanish Socialists in Navarre and fraud to the Navarre Treasury driven by Gabriel Urralburu,[7] with deep political implications. The coalition broke up right away, and Juan Cruz Alli, the leading figure of CDN (a splinter party of UPN), blamed the scandal directly on "Socialist disloyalty" for demolishing "the possibility of building an alternative Government of Navarre [other than UPN or PSN] integrating diverse political options and therefore betting on the support of the bulk of the Navarre society."[8]
  • Lourdes Goicoechea case (2014): There was a political scandal erupting in Yolanda Barcina's cabinet involving alleged embezzlement and preferential treatment to several high taxpayers and institutions like the University of Navarre. The Parliament of Navarre launched a parliamentary probe, concluding that the president of Navarre did not explain irregularities or account for obscure practices, for which a majority resolution censured UPN's Barcina. Trying to make political inroads of the scandal, Spanish Socialists in Navarre initially sided with Basque nationalist parties in order to impeach the president of Navarre, but in the end the national executive body of the Socialist Party considered refuse to side with political coalition Bildu due to their ultranationalist positions and ultimately the impeachment was aborted[9] Weeks after the close of the political scandal, the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice stated that no evidence of corruption or mismanagement had been found in the Goicoechea affair and closed the file.[10]

Non-Governmental corruption record

  • Osasuna scandal: This erupted in early 2015 related to the iconic Navarrese top-flight football club, with links to the Treasury of the Government of Navarre, involving tax evasion, turning a blind eye in governmental surveillance duties, match fixing practices, etc. A UPN-PP-PSN majority vote in the Parliament of Navarre passed a blind fiscal bailout on Osasuna without waiting to audit results while refusing to hand over Osasuna's accountancy information to opposition parties for their consideration ahead of the vote on the law. PSN's spokesperson claimed "they had not been told" of any irregular finances by the directive board of Osasuna, while on the opposite side, EH Bildu branded the whole affair "a disgrace".[11] The football club owed the Government of Navarre 52,8 million euros, but after handing over its patrimony to the government of Navarre, the club's debt rises to 20,6 million euros after the law passed by UPN, PP and PSN.[12] The club is under scrutiny by the European Commission in May 2015.[13]


References

  1. ^ López Muñoz, Ismael (1986-04-17). "La justicia y el 'caso FASA-Del Burgo'". El País. Madrid. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. ^ Sainz Pascual, Zuriñe (2012). "Jaime Ignacio del Burgo". Auñamendi Entziklopedia. EuskoMedia Fundazioa. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  3. ^ "El cuarto presidente condenado de la democracia". El País. Madrid. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ^ Arozamena Ayala, Ainhoa. "Gabriel Urralburu". Auñamendi Entziklopedia. EuskoMedia Fundazioa. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  5. ^ Checa, Arturo (2013-01-25). "La buena vida de nuestros corruptos". El Correo. Bizkaia. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
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