The Government of the Community of Madrid, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, assures that the contracts with the Quirón group are transparent and have been audited without changes since 2006 and 2010. This stance arises following a report from the Civil Guard suggesting that the company of Ayuso's boyfriend lacked the means to invoice for services. Citizens are closely watching a possible corruption scheme in public business, while the regional Executive insists on its innocence under judicial investigation.
Transparency in the cloud: how to audit public contracts with blockchain technology 🔗
The controversy over the contracts with Quirón could be avoided with immutable record systems. Blockchain allows storing every invoice, audit, and contractual change in a data chain verifiable by any citizen. Tools like Hyperledger Fabric or Ethereum offer traceability without needing to trust intermediaries. Thus, any suspicion of invoicing without means would be resolved instantly. Madrid could lead this digital transparency, but it seems they prefer to keep papers in folders from 2006.
Ayuso's boyfriend invoiced without even having a printer 🖨️
According to the Civil Guard report, the company of Ayuso's boyfriend had no means to invoice for the services it supposedly provided to Quirón. In other words, it invoiced with the same ease as a programmer writing code without a keyboard. The Madrid Government assures that everything is audited, but perhaps they should ask if the invoices were generated with a magic pen. Meanwhile, the judicial investigation continues, and citizens hope this is not another case of phantom invoicing.