The Prosecutor's Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) has issued a decree stating that it has not found any evidence to prove embezzlement of funds in the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers (CACT?s) of the Island Council of Lanzarote, so the case is closed in its certification.
These proceedings have been initiated after the First Corporation of the Island urged the Prosecutor's Office to open an investigation into the events reported by the councilor of Ciudadana Alternativa 25 de Mayo (AC-25M) in the Arrecife City Council and spokesperson for Intersindical Canaria (IC), Andrés Barreto Concepción, who stated that some 18 million euros had been diverted from the Tourist Centers.
Once Barreto was tried and acquitted after being accused of a crime against the honor of the Cabildo workers, the institution submitted the proceedings of said case to the Prosecutor's Office, along with the councilor's statements.
According to Barreto himself yesterday, "this is the news that the Cabildo government group was waiting for, so that the population would disengage a little from the matter and forget about it".
The Prosecutor's Office's decree is logical given that neither the prosecutor had evidence about the accounting of the last ten years in the Centers nor has the Cabildo provided it.
Barreto insisted, finally, that he is preparing all the documentation related to these alleged irregularities in the CACT?s to transfer it, together with his complaint, to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office itself, which he believes should intervene.
