The tendering process for furnishing the History Museum has been suspended following allegations of ‘serious irregularities’ in the administrative process and the acquiring of loans for the work.
The Council representative of the Nerja Caves Foundation, José Miguel García (PP), has accused the manager of the Nerja Caves, Ángel Ramírez (PSOE), of serious irregularities in the handling of the tender process and says that the attitude of the manager is hurting the Nerja Caves Foundation.
García points to changes to the specifications included in the approved 2009 draft proposal, a lack of transparency relating to the loans agreed with the Unicaja bank and the continued failure on the part of Ángel Ramírez to secure financial aid from any of the provincial or regional administrations.
The financing of the museum project has, to date, been completely financed by bank loans and one would have to ask whether without such initiatives there would actually be a museum at all.
The Nerja Caves have, unfortunately, become very much of a party political issue in recent years, with both sides seizing upon any conceivable opportunity to score points, block progress or engage in tit-for-tat measures.
The politicians are supposed to be there for US, not to engage in party political power struggles. Sometimes (or quite often these days), one just wants to bash their heads together.