The PNV defends the legality of all awards made by the Basque Sports Ports during the term of Edurne Egaña
On 28 October, the Basque Government dismissed Edurne Egaña as Director of the EPK and appointed him as Adviser on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
The PNV has defended the legality of all awards made by Euskal Kirol Portuak (EPK) during the term of Edurne Egaña and has denied that any contract has been made "by finger", as denounced by the PP.
The president of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, has quantified EKP's awards for fuel, insurance and telephony at EUR 17 million. The popular has also pointed out that a leader and assemblyman of the Gipuzkoa PNV owns one of the award companies.
With regard to fuel allocations, PNV sources in Gipuzkoa have explained that the price was "the only award criterion" and stressed that Egaña "never" requested offers from suppliers and did not receive or analyse them, so "he did not select them", a task that was the responsibility of the technicians.
Sources have explained that the award procedure was the same before Egaña reached the management of the EPK, adding that "the direct award was due to repeated difficulties in tendering by the legal counsel responsible for the procurement".
In this sense, jeltzales argue that Egaña faced these technical difficulties and managed to bid for the purchase of fuel.
As far as insurance is concerned, the sources argue that they are managed through an intermediary company specializing in maritime insurance (Sotomayor and Aba), which was selected by public tender.
Finally, with regard to telephone contracts, the PNV states that there were only "technical and prudential" reasons for selecting suppliers. According to the PNV, EPK sought specific solutions for each port, so until a general communications infrastructure was completed, it hired different operators through minor contracts.
During its hearing, the PP recalled that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country issued two judgments this summer to annul the allocation of mooring posts in the 2021 trial in San Sebastián and Plentzia, considering that there had been "arbitrariness".
Sources from the Gipuzkoa PNV have stated that Egaña's decisions "have always sought impartiality and general interest" and have been adopted "on the basis of technical criteria, duly justified".
On 28 October, the Basque Government dismissed Edurne Egaña as Director of the EPK and appointed him as Adviser on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
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