An applicant who finished second in the selection process for the post linked to Torrevieja’s municipal housing office has lodged a complaint asking for possible irregularities in the recruitment procedure to be investigated.
The complaint, seen by INFORMACIÓN, was registered on 19 October at Torrevieja’s Investigating Court No. 4 and challenges the scoring, the arrangements for inspecting the file and possible personal connections within the selection panel.
Lodging the complaint does not mean a judicial investigation has been opened or that wrongdoing has been established: the complainant expressly states that no offence is being presented as proven and no criminal responsibility is being attributed to those mentioned.
A final gap of 0.81 points
The recruitment exercise, announced in January 2026, was intended to fill a four-year temporary senior technical post attached to the municipal property department for a programme covering property management and urban development, rehabilitation and regeneration.
The assessment required applicants to submit and defend a project to create a public housing office in Torrevieja, with a maximum score of ten and a minimum of five to pass.
The successful candidate received 8.50 points in the assessment and 1.31 for qualifications and experience, totalling 9.81; the complainant scored 5.50 and 3.50 respectively, finishing with nine points.
The applicant requested a review on 9 March and the panel unanimously upheld the 5.50 score on 12 March, after which he submitted objections to the marking and requested access to the file.
The panel rejected his objections and maintained the mark.
Inspection arrangements and personal connections
It was agreed to provide the record containing the applicants’ marking rubrics and allow inspection of anonymised projects on 24 March for a maximum of 90 minutes, but the complainant acknowledges that he did not attend.
His complaint challenges the terms and scope of that inspection, rather than claiming he was physically prevented from accessing the documents at that appointment.
He also asks for scrutiny of the personal connections he alleges between the successful applicant, panel members and other municipal officials, relying partly on photographs of a trip to Egypt before the assessment on 27 February.
The document acknowledges that travelling together or having a personal relationship does not automatically create a legal obligation to withdraw from a selection panel, and asks whether any grounds existed that should have been disclosed or considered.
The requested investigative steps include obtaining the complete municipal file, including the recruitment rules, projects, minutes, marking rubrics, objections and documentation concerning potential conflicts of interest.
The municipal government knows the complaint has been registered and has chosen not to comment for the time being.
The successful applicant has been working in the role for months, while the office’s new premises were presented last week.
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