Wednesday 15 May 2019

This One is Partisan

Mojácar is divided into various tribes. Broadly speaking (and forgetting those who can't vote - as one does), there are the mojaqueros, the forasteros and the extranjeros.  Roughly divided into 25, 25 and 50%.
Since most of the extranjeros - the foreigners - either can't or won't vote, let's say - in the broadest strokes - that we are three evenly balanced groups of a third each.
Each group has its political party.
The mojaqueros support the Partido Popular. It has run the town for a number of years, made all of its supporters either rich or at least fully employed and has turned Mojácar into what it is today: call it a delightful (if a little crowded) tourist destination, or (if you prefer) a grasping money-based factory run by the Four Families who have no love for their town beyond the commercial opportunities it affords them.
The second party is the PSOE-Somos Mojácar, which is led by a local mojaquero and fuelled by the extranjero vote thanks to the energies of Jessica Simpson, who is second on the list. The rump of the mojaqueros won't support it as they are beholden to the PP (or at least follow the gravy).
The third group is ¡Mojácar Para la Gente! a municipalist party run and filled mainly by the forasteros - settled Spaniards from elsewhere in Spain plus a few foreigners (their Nº1 is Argentinian, their Nº2 is German). The mojaqueros won't support it (its candidate is an outsider) and the Brits are somewhat ambivalent (although it can expect the support of most other European voters).
Tactically, the division boils down to just two choices - the local people versus the settlers. On the PP list, their seventh (and only foreigner) is Lucas Mayo, a bilingual Brit who has lived in Mojácar for many years. If he gets in to the town hall, then the PP will have won. If he doesn't, then some coalition of the PSOE and MPLG will take the town hall and make those necessary changes.



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