The municipal group Vecinos por Moralzarzal has warned about a significant setback in the transparency of Moralzarzal Town Council, currently managed by the Partido Popular and Contigo. The Infoparticipa 2026 report, prepared by the Laboratory of Journalism and Communication for Plural Citizenship at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), gives the municipality a rating of just 31.48%, a result that sharply contrasts with the 82.5% achieved in previous terms.
During the management period of Vecinos por Moralzarzal (2015-2023), the town was positioned as the eighth most transparent council in the entire Community of Madrid. However, the current external audit by the UAB reveals a worrying situation, highlighting an “information blackout” with the cessation of publication of essential data such as biographies of representatives, detailed organizational charts, and the monitoring of plenary agreements.
Furthermore, the removal of citizen control tools, such as the “Where my taxes go” application from the municipal website, which allowed citizens to scrutinize the use of public funds, has been noted. The report also emphasizes the abandonment of citizen participation mechanisms, ignoring residents' opinions in the daily management of the municipality.
“"If the management were clean, they would not be afraid of transparency indicators."
The Vecinos por Moralzarzal group links this deliberate decrease in transparency to a strategy to conceal controversial decisions. The technical study by Infoparticipa confirms the lack of accessibility to information on the remuneration and assets of elected officials, coinciding with a salary increase for the Government team at the beginning of the legislature. They also criticize the opacity in the acquisition of land for the “Planeta Joven” project.
For Vecinos por Moralzarzal, the UAB data suggests that the current administration manages the municipality as a “private estate,” prioritizing spending on events and advertising over citizens' right to information, while problems in educational and cultural infrastructures persist.
“"Moralzarzal's money belongs to its residents, and transparency must once again be the norm, not the exception."
The group demands the immediate restoration of all citizen control tools and an end to the policy of concealment that, according to them, prevails in the current legislature.
