The Vice Mayor of ValenciaSandra Gómez, has revealed in today’s plenary session that the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) of the Valencian Community has agreed with the Valencia City Council in the case of the Musical Theater that the PP government team awarded in 2013 to the producer Crystal Forest, owned by Jose Louis Moreno. The contractual breaches of the successful bidder, in which the niece of Rita Barbera, Asuncion Corbin Barbera for seven months, in the management of the Teatre El Musical they led the town hall to liquidate the contract in March 2015. Although it was the Rialto government that resolved the contract in 2018, imposing a penalty of 423,000 euros on the successful bidder, which now the TSJ resolves agreeing with the Valencia City Councilwith the sentence to Crystal Forest to pay the 423,000 euros in debt and damages.
“A new blow to the governments of the People’s Party from the time of Rita Barberá”points out Gómez after revealing the sentence, and stresses that in José Luis Moreno’s production company “Rita Barberá’s niece was hired directlyby the way, today adviser to the spokeswoman Maria Jose Catala in that desperate attempt to reconcile with the relatives of the former mayor.” “I think that attempt is going to backfire, like the condemnation that this company has received, which will have to pay the Valencia City Council almost half a million euros for the disastrous management of the Teatro El Musical”, affirms the vice-mayor of Valencia.
Some demonstrations that the PP denied. “Sandra Gómez has lied in the plenary session of the Valencia City Council. The Popular Group reserves the appropriate legal action against the socialist spokesperson for launching false accusations against a worker of the Popular Municipal Group”, as announced in a statement. In addition, the PP explains that “The PSPV forgets that it was the PP who terminated the contract awarded by competition. It was rescinded on October 3, 2014 with the prior favorable opinion of the CJC. And on March 13, 2015, the PP already approved the provisional settlement of the contract.”
“The only thing that the government of Ribó and PSPV has done is follow the procedure already initiated by the Popular Partyagreed on February 2, 2018 the definitive settlement of the contract”, concludes the PP.