The head of the Investigating Court number 6 in Seville has indicted seven former senior officials of the Andalusian Regional Government for granting aid worth 54 million euros to the mining company Boliden Apirsa, awarded between 2000 and 2005. An alleged crime of malfeasance and misappropriation of public funds is being investigated, as the subsidies were authorized without control or legal requirements. Vox's private prosecution has also requested to summon the manager of Emvisesa.
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It seems the Regional Government confused aid control with playing SimCity: giving money to a mining company without paperwork is like building a highway without maps. The indicted former senior officials surely thought that demanding legal requirements was optional, like air conditioning in the official car. Now, the private prosecution asks the Emvisesa manager to clarify the mystery, perhaps to find out if the money was spent on picks and shovels or on coffees for the board.