1 week Ago By Aleix Moldes
Mireia Ingla, former mayor of Sant Cugat, will lead the internal investigation into the posters against the Maragalls due to Alzheimer's. According to ARA, Esquerra (Republican Left) has finally ended the interim position of Head of Compliance. provisionally ( , due to lack of confidence).
Lluís Mombiela's commitment was to leave his post after the party's March congress in Martorell, and he had also set the goal of completing the investigation into the cartels and the party's B structure first. He hasn't been able to do so, although he resumed it from the impasse where it had been left. After the executive's approval, Mireia Ingla's appointment was communicated to the national council last Saturday.
The internal investigation remains open, but, in response to questions from ARA, Lluís Mombiela explains that he had decided to postpone "certain appointments" so as not to "shake up" the congress. The former head of compliance had led all of ERC's internal investigations since 2016, when the party created its code of conduct, and held the position until July 2023, when he went on sick leave. In recent months, in addition to the investigation into the posters, Mombiela has also produced a supplementary report on the alleged case of sexual harassment affecting the party in the Valencian Community, which completely amends what his predecessor had done.
Following this report, . Final phase Ingla takes over from Lluís Mombiela in an unpaid position that has been under scrutiny for a year. Sources within the Republican leadership emphasize that the Compliance Officer will act independently of the leadership—something they doubt was the case with Xavier Mombiela during Marta Rovira's interim presidency.
Ingla, in any case, publicly declared herself in favor of Junqueras' candidacy to return to the party's presidency. This lawyer will be responsible for deciding how to proceed in pending cases and in any new ones. The former mayor of Sant Cugat also has experience in mediation in the fields of family and real estate law.
She currently works as a director of public affairs at a communications consultancy. Once the report is finalized, it must be submitted to the Guarantees Committee, the body with the power to decide sanctions for those under investigation, always at the proposal of the Compliance Officer. The executive branch will have to ratify them.
In parallel with this internal investigation, Junqueras asked former spokesperson in Congress, Joan Tardà, to lead a parallel commission, the so-called "truth commission," which had no power to sanction, but which the leadership intended to draw political conclusions from the case. Tardà presented the report at the Martorell congress and : the party's former deputy secretaries of communication, Sergi Sabrià and Marc Colomer. Until now, the report prepared by Xavier Mombiela had proposed sanctions for the Anoia member who commissioned the posters; the former Director of Communications, Tolo Moya; the former deputy secretary of Communications, Marc Colomer; and the former deputy minister of Strategy and Communications, Sergi Sabrià, who has resigned from the party and is therefore no longer eligible for sanctions.
For the first two, the sanctions proposed were harsher, which could lead to expulsion from the party or suspension of membership; while for the latter two, the sanctions proposed were milder, amounting to a "warning." However, the investigation was initially limited to the posters and later expanded to Structure B, where Sabrià is said to have a leading role..
