The candidates from the two selection processes, to fill four and three posts respectively, have been found fit and proposed as trainee officials. Five of them took part in both processes, with differences of more than five points in the marks for the compared test.
Manilva is closer to reinforcing its Local Police force with seven new officers. The two selection processes currently under way to fill four and three posts, respectively, have reached a new decisive stage after all the applicants who reached the fifth test passed the medical examination.
The procedures correspond to files 301/2025, for the filling of four posts, and 7944/2025, for a further three Local Police posts. In both cases, the announcements published by the Town Hall state that the applicants obtained a grade of FIT in this fifth test and are proposed for appointment as trainee officials.
Seven applicants pass the fifth test
In the procedure corresponding to file 301/2025, to fill four posts, the four applicants who reached the medical examination have been found fit:
- Diego Salazar Benítez
- José Antonio Andrades Muñoz
- Antonio Jesús Benítez Muñoz
- Rafael Amazares Marín
The announcement records a result of FIT for all of them.
In the second process, corresponding to file 7944/2025 and intended to fill a further three posts, the applicants who have likewise passed the medical examination are:
- Antonio Torres Luque
- Fernando Javier Najas Muñoz
- Alberto González Valadez
All three have also obtained a grade of FIT and are proposed for appointment as trainee officials.
In total, therefore, seven candidates across the two processes have passed this fifth test and are proposed to continue in the process of joining the Manilva Local Police.
The next step: trainee officials and entry course
The medical examination is the fifth test of the competitive examination phase. Once this phase is passed, the rules provide for the candidates to be appointed as trainee officials in order to take the relevant entry course for the Local Police forces.
The Town Hall itself states that this course may be taken at the Andalusian Public Security School (ESPA), at an affiliated school or at a Municipal Local Police School, as set out in the governing rules.
Thus, although the administrative procedures and the corresponding training must still be completed before their final incorporation as officers can be discussed, the seven applicants have already passed the tests scheduled so far and are entering the final stretch of the procedure.
A relevant point: five applicants took part in both processes
The monitoring carried out over these months allows us to add a particularly striking piece of information.
Of the seven applicants now proposed, five took part in both processes. When the marks obtained in the test analysed are compared, very significant differences appear between the two processes.
| Applicant | 3 posts | 4 posts | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Antonio Andrades Muñoz | 2.925 | 9.13 | +6.205 |
| Diego Salazar Benítez | 3.025 | 8.65 | +5.625 |
| Antonio Jesús Benítez Muñoz | 3.20 | 8.38 | +5.18 |
| Fernando Javier Najas Muñoz | 8.25 | 3.35 | -4.90 |
| Alberto González Valadez | 8.00 | 3.30 | -4.70 |
The most notable case is that of José Antonio Andrades Muñoz, who went from a score of 2.925 in the three-post process to 9.13 in the four-post one, a difference of 6.205 points.
The change for Diego Salazar Benítez, from 3.025 to 8.65 points, and for Antonio Jesús Benítez Muñoz, from 3.20 to 8.38, is also significant.
In the opposite direction, Fernando Javier Najas Muñoz goes from 8.25 to 3.35 points, while Alberto González Valadez goes from 8.00 to 3.30.
Differences that must be put in context
These differences came to light publicly but are no more than an objective piece of data from the compared marks, and do not in themselves allow any conclusion or claim that there were irregularities in the procedure, as had been circulating by word of mouth following the appeals lodged by several participants in the procedure.
Although the tests are linked to the selection process and the corresponding syllabus, to assess the differences properly one would have to take into account the specific characteristics of each exam, the questions asked, the marking criteria and the circumstances of each process.
Precisely for that reason, the data takes on particular interest within the general context of a competitive examination in which several participants have submitted objections and appeals.
The differences in scores should therefore be understood as one more element in the monitoring of both processes and not as proof, in themselves, that any irregular conduct has taken place.
Objections still awaiting a response
Another relevant element in the monitoring of these processes is that, as of today, the objections submitted by the candidates remain unanswered, according to the information available to us.
While those complaints remain pending, the selection procedures have continued to be processed and have already reached the fifth test, with the seven applicants declared fit in the medical examination.
It remains to be seen what the Administration’s response to the objections will be and whether any of them could have consequences for the course or the final outcome of the processes.
The matter is also still with the Public Prosecutor’s Office
Added to the administrative complaints is another circumstance that we have been following since the start of these selection processes: the procedure brought to the attention of the Public Prosecutor’s Office remains pending a decision, according to the information available.
At this point it is important to make one clarification: the existence of a complaint or of proceedings before the Public Prosecutor’s Office does not mean that the alleged facts have been proven or that any person has been declared liable.
Any conclusion about possible irregularities must therefore await the relevant decision.
What can currently be stated is that, while these matters remain pending, the selection processes have continued until reaching the medical examination stage.
Seven posts to reinforce the Local Police
Beyond the pending matters and the complaints lodged during the procedure, the result now officially published by the Town Hall is clear: the seven applicants who reached the fifth test have passed the medical examination and have been proposed to continue as trainee officials.
If they complete the next steps set out in the rules, Manilva will soon be able to count on seven new Local Police officers, an addition that would represent a significant reinforcement for the municipality’s police force.
The procedure, however, cannot yet be considered completely finished. Still to come are the appointment as trainee officials, the entry course and the remaining formalities until their final incorporation.
A final stretch with matters still pending
Manilva thus approaches the final stretch of these two selection processes with a dual reality: on the one hand, seven applicants are on the verge of becoming new local police officers; on the other, the complaints raised during the procedure remain unanswered and the matter still before the Public Prosecutor’s Office remains unresolved.
It will be that administrative and, where applicable, judicial development that allows a selection process we have followed since its earliest stages to be definitively closed.
In the meantime, the most recent official information is that the seven applicants have passed the medical examination and have been proposed to continue their training as future Manilva Local Police officers.
