One of the issues on Spain is corruption. And on the last weeks, there has been some news about this, including the publication of an analysis of Ernst and Young about the corruption on the Autonomic Regions. Is interesting to verify the situation of each one of the regions:

This has come to me due to the different scandals of public spending of people such as Mr. Touriño (the president of the Autonomic Region of Galicia), who spent 480.000 euros to buy a new car, and around 2 million euros to furnish his office, or, for instance, Mr. Benach, the president of the autonomic parliament of Catalonia, a former public worker as sweeper, who spent more than 100.000 euros on a tuned official car. And in this region, two people as Mr. Carod Rovira and Mr. Saura, are earning money (21.000 euros!) as transportation when they are using an official transportation.

Interesting to note, also that the Balearic Islands is another paradise of the corruption, due, mainly, to the new turistic developments (hotels, resorts, etc.) Interesting to note that on this autonomic region the government has been done by the PP and the PSOE, this party together with a great variety of political groups, with a great sort of interests.

Also is not very surprising to see Andalusia on the third position, when we know today that Mr. Chávez, the president of this autonomic region, has spent 52 million euros on remodel the Palace of San Telmo, the facililties of the Junta de Andalucía.

These are real examples of the level of corruption that the current State of Autonomic Regions in Spain is becoming a paradise to buy political favors, bribe public managers (majors, autonomic ministers, etc.), …

Seventeen different regions. Seventeen different autonomic parliaments. Seventeen governments. Seventeen structures of civil servants. Seventeen weird ways to do business. Seventeen marshs

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