It is not a secret that the positions in the embassies are a claim for many national police. Not only because of the prestige they entail but for their profitability. And it is that the salary perceived by the agents destined abroad must add the diets and accessories by displacement. Therefore, it is not surprising to denounce the tricks and manipulation of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaskain this selection process.
“He has returned to resort to plug in the award of positions For the new Embassy course for the Prevention and Reaction Units (UPR) and the Police Intervention Units (UIP), “they point out from the Police Justice Union (JUPOL). Because it is not the first time that it incurs this to” place a finger “to related or recommended people. In December 2022, The National Court annulled the allocation of four commissioners For the embassies of Bogotá, Havana, Mexico and Moscow, arguing “lack of motivation of the appointments” imposed by Marlaska. Specifically, the Contentious-Administrative Chamber determined that the head of Interior did not offer “any explanatory element of the reason why he preferred the chosen candidates, “instead of others.
The story is repeated, as noting from this union, since the current process has been carried out “without any transparency and Without respecting the principles of advertising, merit, capacity and seniority“, as required by current regulations. To be exact, the General Directorate of the Police (DGP) would have ignored the regulations for the provision of jobs (RD 997/1989), which establishes that “calls must be public” and specify the selection criteria to ensure that all those who opt for one of those places have the same opportunities.
Posts “by finger” and “friends”
However, as they point out from Jupol, “instead, an arbitrary method that favors friends and harms the most qualified officials“Therefore, before what they call a “opaque and arbitrary” processthis police union has presented a contentious-administrative appeal before the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM), which has been admitted to processing. In your letter, they request that “This irregular process is immediately paralyzed and the positions are convened transparently, guaranteeing the rights of all agents. “
In this sense, they also claim that a detailed publication of the calls be carried out, with special emphasis on “the selection criteria”, “inexcusable” the current regulations. Because, in his opinion, we are not facing a specific problem. They accuse the General Directorate of the Police and the Interior Ministry of using “the allocation of destinations in embassies” as a prebend for “Weave client networks with certain union organizations within the body.
Marlaska’s tricks
In November last year, Grande-Marlaska had no qualms about using the Royal Decree of Aid by the Dana to Avoid the forced retirement of Commissioner José Angel Gonzáleza high position of his trust within the National Police. Specifically, the Executive included the modification of the Organic Law that affected the retirement of the agents at age 65 and “twisted” so that “the head of the Deputy Operational Directorate of the National Police (DAO) can remain in the situation of active duty while holding said position.” Or what is the same, until the head of Interior decides his cessation.
The Fifth Final Provision, published that November 12 in the Official State Gazette (BOE), modified article 5.2 of Organic Law 9/2015 of the National Police personnel regime, with the aim of delaying the retirement of one of the minister’s trusted men, José Ángel González, as he did in the past with the Civil Guard DAO.
A “premium retirement” that outraged agents that, day and day, see how the Executive reforms reforming current legislation for a retirement worthy of all national police. And yet, he searched for formulas to keep the deputy operation operation in his position, beyond the retirement age. In his opinion, it is evident “the lack of will of this government”, which He only turns his trusted staff leaving the agents thrown.