The former number two in Health of the Board signed 14 contracts with the insurer that has now signed him as medical director

Teresa López Pavón Sevilla

Seville

Updated Friday, April 5, 2024-09:41

A senior official from the

Andalusian

Ministry of Health signed 14 contracts with the Asisa group

,

which has now hired him as medical director, as recognized in an internal report that the Government of Juanma Moreno released this Friday. For this reason,

Miguel Ángel Guzmán

, who was Deputy Minister of Health and manager of the Andalusian Health Service (SAS), would incur incompatibility if he finally joins the position.

The report specifically indicates that the situation of incompatibility would occur

until July 29

, since this arises from his position as manager of the SAS (a position he left on July 29, 2022) and not as vice-counselor.

According to the document sent to the General Secretariat, dependent on the Ministry of Justice, Local Administration and Public Function, the incompatibility would be motivated by the 14 contracts that the Andalusian Health Service signed with the entities linked to the insurance company group between November 2019 and June 2022. At this stage, although the contracts were not signed directly by Guzmán, but by the General Director of Health Care and Results by delegation of signature, this does not alter the competition. Therefore, "if said contractual relationship materializes, it will constitute a breach of the regulations on incompatibilities for senior officials," he concludes.

On the other hand, it considers that "the data available does not indicate that there may be non-compliance with the rule during Miguel Ángel Guzmán Ruiz's time as deputy director."

Law 2/2021, of June 18, on

the fight against fraud

and corruption in Andalusia and protection of the complainant, modified in its second final provision Law 3/2005, of April 8, on Incompatibilities of Senior Officials of The Administration of the Junta de Andalucía and the Declaration of Activities, Assets, Interests and Remuneration of Senior Officials and other Public Officials limits, due to incompatibility, the activities that said senior officials can carry out during the two years following their dismissal.

Therefore, in the case of Guzmán, the two years of his termination as manager of the SAS would expire on July 29, 2024, the date from which he could formalize his contract.