Friday 15 February 2019

Mojácar Local Elections: The Candidates

While we foreign residents can't vote in national or regional elections in Spain, we can at least in the local ones. Or, at least, some of us can. To vote, one needs to be from the EU (or from a select number of other countries with bilateral agreements with Spain), over 18 and to have the paperwork in order. In Mojácar, that might add up to around 700 or 800 votes out of perhaps a total of 3,000.
No one knows the details for sure, except of course the candidate for the Partido Popular and current mayoress of Mojácar Rosmari Cano. The other parties will not see the polling list until two weeks before the elections on May 26th. Advantage to the mayoress...
The parties that will present a candidature are the PSOE, the PP, the C's (Ciudadanos) and Izquierda Unida - perhaps including the troops from Adelante Andalucía or Unidos Podemos (who never seem to have the same name twice). There's some small chance that the Vox will rear its head (a possible candidate is an aggrieved ex-councillor from the PP), and maybe - who knows - a local candidature as well.
Jessica Simpson from Somos Mojácar is now running as an independent with the PSOE, following Manual Zamora in the Nº2 spot. The IU will be led by Carlos Rodríguez (he of the Bar Pública in the village). Ciudadanos Mojácar is Diego Gea from the Rincón de Diego on the playa and the PP repeats with Rosa María Cano ('Rosmari').  Rosmari confirms Maria Luisa and Lucas Mayo on her list, while for the moment it is unclear whether Emmanuel Agüero will return.

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