"From the information provided by the party, it is evident that there were some undeclared election expenses in the accounting records submitted." This line of the Court of Auditors report, made public this April, is what accelerated the departure of Francisco García, mayor of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, from Nueva Canarias. "We are coming off a problem with the previous NC, which was the source of everything, and it is the sword of Damocles that Carmelo Ramírez knows, and this latest report, which was supposed to be immaculate, has cleared up all doubts," a source close to the party members from the Canarian bloc told Maspalomas24H.
According to the text of the State's auditing institution, Nueva Canarias has submitted its campaign accounts in compliance with the basic formal requirements of the Court of Auditors: "The party has not submitted the report on electoral events or the agreement on the integration of electoral accounting, as required by the Instruction approved by the Court's Plenary for this process. Furthermore, it did not use the differentiated coding provided for in the PCAFP (Spanish Accounting Code) to record creditors and treasury, which makes it difficult to distinguish between ordinary and electoral activities." Even so, the party declared a total of €187.358 in resources, coming entirely from its own contributions, without resorting to external financing or public advances.
Regarding spending, in the last local elections in 2023, the nationalist party allocated €129.352 to ordinary operations, with a significant portion going to outdoor advertising (€26.282) and the remainder distributed among other expenses such as logistics and services. Added to this figure was €61.425 for campaign propaganda mailings, corresponding to more than 400.000 mailings.
The campaign was carried out with tight financial management: there were no late payments or outstanding debts with suppliers, and the final balance of the election account was just 180 euros. However, there is one point worth reviewing: two suppliers—Formularios Insulares de Canarias and Artes Gráficas del Atlántico—failed to submit the required information to the Court of Auditors, representing 28.310 euros not directly audited by the auditing body.
Overall, the Nueva Canarias campaign was austere, legally compliant, and without excesses. The absence of external financing and strict adherence to limits reinforce an image of internal control. Even so, documentary and accounting omissions, along with the lack of transparency on the part of some suppliers, cast a technical shadow over a process that, in essence, maintains sound accounting.
