It is up to Brussels to supervise this measure because it is included in the Spanish recovery plan and has been financed with funds The next generation.
If any irregularity in awarding the contract is discovered, the Community’s executive could freeze part of European aid, the Economic Affairs Commissioner said. Valdis Dombrovskis.
Brussels’ intervention is only known when the Equality Ministry had to activate the Victim Protection Protocol on Tuesday after a new incident occurred in the system.
Both the Minister of Equality, Anna RedondoAs the government delegate to combat violence against women, Carmen Martinez BirzaFollow the development of the failure in direct contact with Vodafone-Securitas UTE, which is responsible for the service.
The root of the problem was located in the router responsible for distributing alert messages between different platforms. “Approximately 10% of messages were triggered Repeated incidents that saturated the system“, says the Ministry of Equality in a statement.
The overload was detected at 4:30 a.m., and from that moment the security reinforcement was activated, with the security forces and those affected being informed via text messages, according to this administration. System operation was fully restored at 6:00 p.m. No data was lost.
In a video, Redondo asserts that “at no time was any victim protected” because the protocols worked from the beginning. The Minister of Equality will attend upon her request On the Congressional Violence Against Women Oversight Committee.
“The Commission is aware of the information published in the media about the implementation of the project on remote bracelets to protect victims of sexual violence in Spain,” says the Economic Affairs Commissioner in a written response to a parliamentary question raised by the leader of the Vox party in the European Parliament, Jorge Buxad.
“This action is included in the Spanish Recovery, Transformation and Resilience (PRTR) Plan under Milestone 472 (Investments in Telephone and Internet Services to Protect Victims of Violence against Women), which will be evaluated by the Commission in the context of the project. Eighth payment requestDombrovskis said.
“Important Milestone 472 has not yet been evaluated, since Spain has not submitted the corresponding payment request. Therefore, The committee will evaluate the implementation and achievement of this achievement“On the basis of the evidence provided by the Spanish authorities, only at the time of the eighth payment request,” continues the Economic Affairs Commissioner.
“The recovery and resilience mechanism is an outcome-based tool. This means that payments are made only based on positive feedback “Compliance with requirements corresponding to milestones and objectives,” highlighted Dombrovskis.
Finally, the Commissioner of Economic Affairs points out that “Member States bear responsibility for implementing recovery and resilience plans, including the Recovery Plan Awarding and managing contracts funded under the mechanism“.
“This responsibility includes ensuring that all procurement procedures, including public procurement, comply fully with applicable national and Union law,” her response concludes.
In his parliamentary question, Buxadi noted that the contract awarded to Uti Vodafone-Securitas To administer anti-abuse bracelets valued at 35 million euros It was financed with Next Generation money.
The leader of the Vox party in the European Parliament told the Commission that during the implementation of the contract, “very serious technical malfunctions occurred that put the lives and safety of these women in direct danger.”
“Essential data has been lost in the Cometa system, leaving trials without sufficient evidence, acquitting aggressors, and jeopardizing the basic principle of protecting victims,” Buxadi denounced.
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