The Provincial Council appoints Óscar Rial Lago as an interim advisor to the Socialist Group

The president of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, Valentín González Formoso, signed on October 27, 2026, resolution 2026/46389 appointing Óscar Rial Lago as temporary staff, who will hold a technician position with functions of trust and special advisory linked to the Socialist Group, under a regime of special dedication. The decision was made public in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña (BOP) number 211, dated November 4, 2026, within the Local Administration section and under announcement number 2026/7097.

The resolution was processed upon the proposal of the chief of staff of the Presidency of the Council, as stated in the text of the announcement itself. The appointment is framed within the agreement of the Plenary of the Corporation of July 27, 2023, which established the number, characteristics, and remuneration of the temporary staff of the provincial institution, and in the regulations that reserve this type of positions for qualified tasks of trust or special advisory.

What the resolution establishes

The appointment is specified in the following terms, as they appear in the official announcement:

• Appointed person: Óscar Rial Lago.
• Job position: technician.
• Equivalence subgroup for career civil servants: A1.
• Equivalence level of destination supplement: 25.
• Dedication regime: special dedication.
• Functions: functions of trust and special advisory, linked to the Socialist Group.
• Effects: from the date of taking office.

The resolution adds an express limitation: this staff member “shall in no case perform ordinary management or technical activities, nor any of the functions corresponding to career civil servant staff.” The text does not detail the specific remunerative amount of the position, but rather its assimilation to the indicated subgroup and destination supplement level.

The temporary staff framework and its legal fit

According to the background included in the announcement, the temporary staff of the Council is carried out “solely and exclusively” with functions qualified as trust or special advisory. The authorization for these appointments is based on a set of regulations that the announcement itself lists:

• Article 12 of Legislative Royal Decree 5/2015, of October 30, approving the recast text of the law of the basic statute of the public employee.
• Articles 33, 89, 104, and 104 bis of Law 7/1985, of April 2, on the Bases of the local regime.
• Article 176 of Legislative Royal Decree 781/1986, of April 18, approving the recast text of the current legal provisions of the local regime.
• Articles 29 and following, as well as 201, of Law 2/2015, of April 29, on public employment in Galicia.

The resolution supports the competence of the president under article 34 of Law 7/1985, on the bases of local regime. The document appears signed in A Coruña on October 29, 2026, with the signature of the president and the general secretary, Miguel Iglesias Martínez, and with the mention of deputy José Ramón Rioboo Castro.

Publication and means of appeal

The announcement publishes the resolution of the Presidency and orders its publication in the Official Provincial Gazette, a requirement fulfilled by its insertion in issue 211 on November 4, 2026. The text specifies that the resolution exhausts the administrative route, in accordance with article 114.1 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, and details the two possible ways of challenging it:

• Optional appeal for reversal (recurso potestativo de reposición) before the body that issued the act, within one month from the day following the notification; as long as it is not resolved or a presumed dismissal occurs, the contentious route cannot be pursued.
• Direct contentious-administrative appeal, provided for in Law 29/1998, of July 13, within two months from the day following the notification, before the contentious-administrative section of the corresponding Court of First Instance.

Why it matters

The appointment expands the trust personnel staff of the Provincial Council of A Coruña with a position assimilated to subgroup A1 and level 25, with special dedication, and is made by resolution of the Presidency without the need for a public call, under the regulations for temporary staff. For readers interested in the control of public spending, the relevant data is that the number, characteristics, and remuneration of these positions depend on the plenary agreement of July 27, 2023, while the announcement now published is limited to fixing the person, the functions, and the remunerative assimilation. Publication in the BOP allows for the consultation of the exact terms of the appointment and the deadlines to challenge it.

Source: Official Provincial Gazette of A Coruña (BOP), issue 211, November 4, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-2 (official reference: 2026/7097).