Overview
- The Supreme Court, which opened the case Friday, followed the prosecutor’s view and a December referral from a judge in El Vendrell.
- The probe targets contracts awarded by Altafulla’s town hall between 2011 and 2019 to Milá Advocats SLP and Sinergia Dret i Medi Ambient SLP.
- The ruling says Félix Alonso Cantorné relied on “contratos menores,” or small no-bid contracts allowed under thresholds, to skip public notice and choose suppliers.
- Magistrate Vicente Magro will lead the investigation, and the judges said they will also review billing patterns that could point to other offenses.
- As a sitting lawmaker, Alonso is investigated at the Supreme Court, and opening a case begins fact-finding rather than proving guilt.