Bill to prevent corruption and make government more transparent

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1. The bill would bar people charged with crimes against the Public Administration from running for office once an order to open trial has been issued and has become final.
2. It would tighten public procurement rules: limit minor contracts (under €15,000 for works and €6,000 for others), require advertising for all contracts, and expand the cases where companies are barred from contracting.
3. It would make conflict-of-interest rules stricter for elected officials and senior officials, who could not hold more than a 5% stake in companies contracting with the public sector, and would bar mayors and councilors from also being members of parliament.
4. It would depoliticize the Court of Auditors and public employment: its counselors would be chosen like judges, staff positions filled by personal appointment would be capped by law, and public executives would serve five-year terms with annual evaluations.
5. It would require political parties to publish their consolidated annual accounts by June 30 of the following year, free of charge on their websites, and bring their entire organization under the Court of Auditors' oversight.
6. It would create public registries of subsidies and government contracts, publish budgets, accounts of public companies and officials' pay online, and ban institutional ad campaigns that tout the government's achievements.

Who it affects

• Elected officials and senior public officials: They would face stricter conflict-of-interest rules, declare their professional activities, and have their pay published.
• Political parties: They would have to publish consolidated accounts and submit to oversight by the Court of Auditors.
• Companies that contract with or receive public funds: Minor contracts would be capped and they would face advertising and transparency obligations.
• Public employees: Personal appointment positions would be limited and performance evaluations regulated.
• The general public: People could check budgets, contracts, subsidies and government accounts online.

Words worth knowing

Imputado

A person a judge considers a suspect in a crime, before any conviction.

Contrato menor

A low-value public contract that can be awarded without a formal bidding process.

Personal eventual

Trusted staff freely appointed by a public official, not career civil servants.

Incompatibilidad

A ban on holding public office while having certain private interests, such as shares in a company that contracts with the administration.

Ley Orgánica

A special type of Spanish law, reserved for major matters like fundamental rights, requiring enhanced majorities to pass.

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