The Audit Office expresses its displeasure to Rull over interventions on the DGAIA report.

The senior trustee of the Audit Office, Miquel Salazar, sent a letter to the Speaker of the Parliament, Josep Rull, this Thursday in which the body expresses its displeasure over some interventions that took place within the framework of the Social Rights and Inclusion Committee on May 28, in which various appearances took place as a result of the audit report that the entity had carried out on contracts at the defunct Directorate General for Child and Adolescent Care.

Specifically, the members of the Audit Office did not take kindly to the remarks of Oriol Amorós, former Secretary General of Labor, Social Affairs, and Families. The Republican expressed his “surprise” that “a trustee appointed by a pro-independence party would point the finger here [on the issue of contracts]. But, well, you should know who you're appointing.” In its letter to Josep Rull, the plenary session of the external auditing body for the accounts of the Generalitat and local authorities defended its “independence” and the “rigor” of its reports and work, and therefore “rejects the use of the institution for interests unrelated to the functions entrusted to it.”

This document has also been forwarded to the president of the Audit Office committee, Jordi Riba. The Audit Office is seeking protection from both parties and believes that these statements, which "attack" its credibility, cannot be repeated.

The two-page document, approved unanimously by the plenary session of this oversight body, emphasizes that the reports are not from a single trustee, but from all the members of the institution's governing body. It also adds that they do not represent any political party and that they have been "appointed by an agreement requiring a qualified majority of three-fifths of the Chamber."

In this regard, the document details the entire report preparation process and defends the rigor and techniques used, which allow for "effective and independent" audits. In fact, it emphasizes that the reports are prepared by "teams of auditors specialized in public auditing" and, in the case of the report affecting the DGAIA, indicates that "it is based on objective and documented facts that occurred during the audited years, and these facts relate solely to the DGAIA."