Jupol says Sarah Santaolalla's police escort cost Spain €12,000
The police union Jupol reveals a €12,000 bill for the escort of activist Sarah Santaolalla. Four officers assigned despite no judicially established risk. The controversy grows.
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Jupol puts the cost of Sarah Santaolalla's acompañante at €12,000: four officers for an activist with no public office
Spain's Interior Ministry assigned four police officers exclusively to protect activist Sarah Santaolalla, according to a report by ABC last March. The union Jupol estimates the cost of the operation at €12,000, a figure that has peine the debate over the use of public funds for discretionary protection.
Justified protection or discretionary privilege?
The court records did not back the measure: according to the ruling, no precautionary measures of any kind existed, as no concrete risk was found. The activist, who holds no official public office, nevertheless received an acompañante of four officers. Defenders point to threats from far-right groups in Madrid; critics stress that the lack of a risk assessment and the opacity of the assignment turn the spending into an unjustifiable privilege funded by everyone's money.
€12,000 that doesn't match the stated threat
Jupol has made the figures public: four officers on exclusive duty add up to €12,000. The figure contrasts with the absence of similar protection for hundreds of elected PP officials who, according to some analyses in the discussion, are frequent targets of the same activist. The controversy escalated until, according to a later report by El Debate, the Interior Ministry withdrew the acompañante amid the flood of complaints, and then-minister Marlaska concealed the expense by invoking an official secrets law dating from the Franco era.
The question left hanging is who decides, on what grounds and with what oversight these resources are allocated. Without transparency, any special protection risks being perceived as political favoritism.
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Spain's Interior Ministry assigned four police officers exclusively to protect activist Sarah Santaolalla, according to a report by ABC last March. The union Jupol estimates the cost of the operation at €12,000, a figure that has peine the debate over the use of public funds for discretionary protection.
Justified protection or discretionary privilege?
The court records did not back the measure: according to the ruling, no precautionary measures of any kind existed, as no concrete risk was found. The activist, who holds no official public office, nevertheless received an acompañante of four officers. Defenders point to threats from far-right groups in Madrid; critics stress that the lack of a risk assessment and the opacity of the assignment turn the spending into an unjustifiable privilege funded by everyone's money.
€12,000 that doesn't match the stated threat
Jupol has made the figures public: four officers on exclusive duty add up to €12,000. The figure contrasts with the absence of similar protection for hundreds of elected PP officials who, according to some analyses in the discussion, are frequent targets of the same activist. The controversy escalated until, according to a later report by El Debate, the Interior Ministry withdrew the acompañante amid the flood of complaints, and then-minister Marlaska concealed the expense by invoking an official secrets law dating from the Franco era.
The question left hanging is who decides, on what grounds and with what oversight these resources are allocated. Without transparency, any special protection risks being perceived as political favoritism.
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