Wednesday 24 April 2019

Three Parties are Competing for Mojácar in the May Elections

The lists for the local elections across Almería have now been published.
In Mojácar, there are just three choices this time (we remember in 2007 there were thirteen!).
The choices are the ruling Partido Popular, with Rosmari as mayor and the tourist councillor Emanuel as her second. In fact, except for Lucas Mayo as the token foreigner at Nº 7, it's the same list as before.
The second party listed is the PSOE with Somos Mojácar. The party is headed by Manuel Zamora with Jessica Simpson second. Adele Land is fourth.
The other choice for voters is the Mojácar Para la Gente group led by Carlos Rodríguez and with Astrid the Vet as number two on the list.
A few comments follow:
Rosmari has led her party and the town in a certain direction, having been mayoress for eight years. Mojácar is now more of a resort than ever, with thousands of visitors during the season, and the town somewhat forgotten during the quieter months. It is suggested that she has little patience for the foreigners living here (she has changed the name of the only street that acknowledged our modest share in Mojácar from Calle de Pedro Barato to Calle Cal). In fact, if we were all to suddenly disappear, there would be no evidence of our numerous presence here since the sixties. It may be that Rosmari will retire, following the election results, leaving her lieutenant Emmanuel Agüero to take the reins.
The PSOE took two seats (out of thirteen) in the past election, as did Somos Mojácar (We are Mojacar). We remember that the second party in votes for those 2015 elections was the Gas Station party of Diego García ahead of the PSOE (3rd) and Somos Mojácar (4th), which having discovered that it hadn't won, gave up the ghost the next morning.Two other parties on that occasion, Ciudadanos and Vox, didn't get enough votes to earn a councilor.
Mojácar Para la Gente (Mojacar for its People) is run by Carlos, who is an Argentinian. He has the BaRpública in the village and is a communist. He was an opposition councilor for Somos Mojácar in the outgoing town hall. He says his party is the only one that puts the residents in front of the tourists. Lenox (me) is on the list at Nº 9, so expect everything I write to be slanted towards the MPLG.

The party lists in other local pueblos:  
Turre has PP, PSOE, Turre Para la Gente and Vox. No foreigners.  
Bédar has PSOE (Marian Simpson is Nº4), PP and Bédar Para la Gente.
Garrucha has PSOE, PP, Garrucha Para la Gente and Ciudadanos (no foreigners).  
Los Gallardos has PSOE (Sarah Jane Dodd is at Nº 7), PP and  Ciudadanos.

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