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Friday, December 6, 2013
MARIVI BITES BACK Latest salvo in HAH war Get The Courier Newspaper whenever you want! Available on iPad, iPhone and any Android powered smartphone or tablet! Just search for us in the App Store and Google Play!
By ALEX TRELINSKI The “deposed” President of local charity, Help at Home Costa Blanca, Marivi Cuelia Nerva, has blasted back at the way she has been treated by the group, after she was “voted” out of office at an EGM last week. In a lengthy statement sent to The Courier, the co founder of HAH described everything that is going on as a “pitiful situation”, but did not make it clear whether she and her supporters would be attending another EGM on December 12th. Cuelia Nerva and her back ers did not attend last week’s meeting because they viewed it as illegal. Cuelia Nerva says that after she was voted in as President back in July, she had to make changes to the way that HAH was run, after claiming to receive com plaints from a number of members. She added that she needed The Act’s book which is a Spanish legal requirement, as well as
detailed accounts of the charity, in addition to bank account transfers and other agreements. She claims that she was denied access and was ordered to an EGM that she did not call, and there fore she cancelled it, much to the anger of some HAH members. She says that HAH has been “usurped” by certain individuals, with a number of volunteers who were loyal to her being “removed” from their positions. Cuelia Nerva added that all volunteers had to have contracts which meant that they could be covered by insurance, as well as being true to the let ter of Spanish law. In addi tion, she said certain servic es were being paid for via “cash in hand” rather than being done through legal invoices. She added that some matters were “under investigation”, but did not elaborate further. Ms.Cuelia Nerva also claims that some HAH mem bers are misinforming patients about their rights and costs in the Spanish health system, and vehe
mently denied any wrong doing over entry to the HAH Charity Shop in Playa Flamenca. She added that she is presenting the full facts as she sees them to
the British Consulate in Alicante and to the Spanish Government in Madrid, say ing that she was grateful for
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