Canet d'En Berenguer council rejects irregularities linked to former municipal secretary
Canet d'En Berenguer council has denied accusations of wrongdoing related to former municipal secretary José Antonio Sancho Sempere, citing a January 2026 Tribunal de Cuentas ruling and an archived 2021 prosecution.
The Canet d'En Berenguer council — a coastal municipality neighbouring Sagunto in the Camp de Morvedre comarca — has issued a public statement rejecting allegations published by El Periódico de Aquí that point to ten possible irregularities linked to former municipal secretary José Antonio Sancho Sempere. According to the council, the Tribunal de Cuentas — Spain's supreme public-accounts watchdog, established under the 1978 Constitution and holding exclusive jurisdiction to hold public-fund managers accountable — ruled in January 2026 against pursuing financial liability proceedings against Sancho Sempere. The Public Prosecutor's Office had already archived the case in May 2021. The council also noted that a municipal secretary in Spain is a civil servant appointed at national level by the State, with functional independence from elected officials; their role includes legal oversight of municipal decisions (BOE — Official State Gazette). The municipality therefore rejects any suggestion of misconduct during the period in question. According to elperiodicodeaqui.com, the investigative report and the council's response were published on the same day.