The Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard visited Valencia City Council this Wednesday to request information related to a company that provides services to the council. According to municipal sources, the agents did not request or take any documentation.
The actions point to the animal protectorate Modepran, the entity that for the last fifteen years has managed the city's two municipal kennels and will cease providing this service this Friday, when the contract passes to another company. The protectorate states they are unaware of the reasons for the investigation and deny any connection to their activities.
The actions point to the animal protectorate Modepran, the entity that for the last fifteen years has managed the city's two municipal kennels and will cease providing this service this Friday, when the contract passes to another company. The protectorate states they are unaware of the reasons for the investigation and deny any connection to their activities.
Valencia City Council indicated that Seprona agents held a meeting with municipal officials, as has happened on other occasions, and insisted that no documentation was requested or taken. The visit by the civil guards had been planned for some days, according to council sources. The visit coincides with the controversy over the change in the management of municipal animal shelters, after Modepran lost the contract for the service it has provided in recent years.
The government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, explained that Seprona's action responds to a prior complaint. "They have entered Valencia City Council to ask for information about issues related to a company that provides a service to the Council," she told journalists during an event in Alaquàs. Bernabé declined to confirm if the investigation is related to Modepran and asked to let the Civil Guard work, which only confirmed that the agents had visited the council to "gather information."
The Socialist Municipal Group has formally requested the complete file of the new contract for analysis, although the delegate clarified that the PSPV is not responsible for the complaint that initiated Seprona's action. Bernabé indicated they want to review the procedure because the new contract significantly increases the budget compared to the previous one.
For her part, the spokesperson for Compromís in Valencia City Council, Papi Robles, stated that the presence of the Civil Guard at the council "is not good news" and criticized the management of the municipal government led by María José Catalá. She argued that "since the PP has been in government, we have returned to past practices," statements with which she linked the ongoing investigation.
