Ranera denounced the lack of information about a contract whose existence became known at the end of August following an audit of the 2025 accounts of the Nueva Romareda company. The report stated that the agreement was signed on March 2 and that an €8 million invoice was paid to Real Zaragoza two days later. The Socialists then requested the documentation and recalled that an extraordinary meeting of spokespersons on August 31 unanimously agreed to demand it. However, the company announced on October 2 that it would seek authorization from Ibercaja and the club to provide the contract, a decision that led the PSOE to demand explanations from Chueca.
“It seems that the right of this City Council’s elected officials to access information is in the hands of private entities,” Ranera criticized. She recalled that Zaragoza City Council and the Government of Aragón jointly own 89% of the company. The Socialist spokesperson also questioned how Councillor Víctor Serrano had been able to show the contract at an extraordinary committee meeting while her group still had no access to the document. “Why do we not know the contracts? Why is there so much secrecy?” she asked before announcing that she would submit a formal request to the mayor’s office and appeal to the Transparency Council if she did not receive the documentation.
SERRANO DEFENDS THE CONTRACT’S CONFIDENTIALITY
The Urban Planning Councillor explained that the contract includes “a series of confidentiality clauses” and defended the need to request permission from the company, specifically Ibercaja and Real Zaragoza, in order to show it to the municipal groups. According to Serrano, the request has already been submitted and no obstacles have been raised, but he noted that “barely a week” had passed. He therefore announced that written confirmation from both entities would be requested again in the coming days so the groups could view and examine the document.
Serrano also questioned the timing chosen by Ranera to once again demand explanations, coinciding with the arrival of the World Cup in Zaragoza. “It is no coincidence that this is happening when the city is experiencing a moment of excitement with the arrival of the World Cup,” he said. The councillor added that, in his view, “everything good that happens in the city is bad for the PSOE” and asked the Socialist spokesperson not to try to “cast a shadow over the good moments” being experienced by the Aragonese capital.
