The tsunami of changes in the management of the Balearic Port Authority (APB) continues. Barely a month since Alberto Pons took over from the navy commander José María Urrutia, the power structure changes in the heart of one of the most strategic public institutions of the islands, which employs over 300 public servants and moves over 60 million euros annually.
Yesterday the new presidency raised up to the Administrative Council the first set of fundamental changes in the hierarchy of the APB by substituting at a stroke the two chief executives of the Ports. One of them is the most influential, high ranking public servant of the recent decades who created new internal departments without employing new staff, with the purpose of keeping control of the public assignments - always a lucrative business around the port concessions.
To start with, the new presidency replaces the two top brass, who theoretically occupied the second level on the corporate ladder, but in reality had over the years accumulated a crucial weight within the institution. The until recently area manager and a historical ex-director of the entity, the engineer Ángel Matías, who was indicted in a scandal related to supposed tampering with public assignments that the Public Anti-corruption Prosecutor is investigating (the Mar Blau case), will leave his seat to occupy the charge of Control of Works, where he will have a lot less power. On the other hand, the other of the area managers, Jorge Martín, Matías´right hand man, will also leave his seat to take over the area of Innovation and Quality. As with Matías, it is a charge of lower rank. The two vacant seats in the area management will be assigned to Fernando Berenguer and to the trusted man Juan Carlos Plaza, who came to the direction of APB straight after the appointment of Pons.
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