The Generalitat has apologized to the 13,000 applicants of the macro-oppositions this Saturday and does not rule out terminating the contract with the company that has organized the tests or repeating them again. “There are very serious incidents that are intolerable“has recognized the general secretary of the Public Service, Alicia Corral, after the chaos that the applicants and various unions have denounced. The Government indicates the subcontracted company, blindwhich also, according to the secretary, after seven in the afternoon had not yet provided all the required documentation.
It was the first time that the Generalitat contracted an external company to organize the oppositions to the public function. “We decided to do it because of the large volume of applicants and tests to be carried out,” he justified Corral. There have been delays, crowded applicants, and delays that have exceeded six hours. “We are talking about very serious incidents,” said the Secretary of Public Administration.
The one that worries the Government the most is the one that has happened in a special classroom where several mothers were allowed to breastfeed. “They have had to wait several hours with their babies… it is one of the situations that worries us the most, it is intolerable,” Corral explained.
Throughout today, the Government has started a technical report to collect all the negligence or irregularities that could have been committed. The problem, Corral explained, is that the subcontracted company, Cegos, It is taking time to provide all the information. For example, it is still unknown how many employees were controlling the test.
Possible termination of contract
Depending on what this report says, the Government will make several decisions. “If we are facing a very serious and negligent breach, we will request the termination of the contract“, Corral has pointed out. They are also considering open a disciplinary file in the event that the clauses of the agreement have been breached or if access to the body of officials has not been allowed to be with equality, capacity and merit of the attendees.
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Nor has he ruled out repeat tests or analyze on a case-by-case basis. “We will give an immediate response to all the people who have suffered this situation and we will contact the union representatives to make this situation known as soon as possible,” she promised. The secretary has confirmed that Cegos will evaluate the tests, since it is done with an optical reader. But she has assured that her opinion will be ready before the next oppositions in Catalonia that will be after the summer.
The PSC will ask for explanations
On the political level, the PSC has announced that it will ask Parliament for explanations for “the lack of foresight and the inability to organize” the tests for opponents of the public administration this Saturday. The spokesperson for the socialist group, Alícia Romero, has considered what happened “inadmissible” during the process to stabilize workers and temporary employees of the Generalitat.