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Justice Annuls 'Super-Leadership' Positions and Appointments in Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Three recent court rulings challenge the City Council's personnel management, including the creation of high-cost positions and irregular selection processes.

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The Santa Lucía de Tirajana City Council has faced a new judicial setback with the annulment of four high-cost 'super-leadership' positions and several appointments, following three recent court rulings.

The judicial resolutions, all in favor of the Canarian Public Employees Union (Sepca), question the council's personnel management. Among the annulled decisions is the modification of the 2024 Job List (RPT), which included the creation of four 'super-leadership' positions, each with an annual cost of 75,000 euros.
The first ruling, issued on March 30 by the Contentious-Administrative Court number 2, declared the nullity of the RPT modification approved by the plenary on July 23, 2024. The court cited a lack of effective negotiation with union representatives and insufficient documentation provided during the process. This same court had previously pointed out similar irregularities in a July 2023 ruling, and on this occasion, it ordered the City Council to pay legal costs, capped at 300 euros.
A day later, on March 31, another ruling from the same Contentious-Administrative Court annulled the municipal decree appointing five candidates as civil servants for the General Administration Technical Subscale. The ruling concluded that the selection process violated state regulations by not requiring the specific qualifications outlined in article 169 of Royal Legislative Decree 781/1986. The court noted that this criterion had been established in previous procedures and confirmed by the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands, also imposing costs on the Council.
The third resolution, dated April 8, annulled the temporary assignment of leadership functions in two municipal services (Subsidies and Group Dynamization). The Contentious-Administrative Court number 1 considered that this assignment was made without respecting the principles of publicity, equality, merit, and capacity, as these positions were not publicly advertised. Although the City Council cited urgency and staff shortages, the court rejected these arguments, concluding that they did not justify the omission of legal procedures. In this case, costs amount to a maximum of 400 euros.
These judicial decisions add to previous rulings that had already highlighted deficiencies in the human resources management of the Santa Lucía de Tirajana City Council. Sepca emphasizes that these rulings confirm a recurring pattern of conduct that, in their view, violates the rights of public employees and the fundamental principles of administration. Furthermore, it is noted that the RPTs for 2020, 2022, and now 2024 have been declared null, and the 2025 RPT has a trial scheduled for September.

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