five councilors of together of Les Planes de Hostoles (Garrotxa) have resigned en bloc and have left the municipal government with only three of the nine members it had. The councilors have claimed loss of confidence, lack of communication and transparency and they have left the minutes in a plenary session that was held this Friday morning. Almost two months ago, the second deputy mayor, Marc Puigalso left the group for discrepancies with the party, but in this case it became non-attached. Puig, in fact, will lead a new independent candidacy with the name Estimam les Planes but will not have any of the councilors who have left his post. He mayor, Eduard Lloràattributes the situation to an “electoral” maneuver six weeks from the municipal ones.
The resignation of the five councilors has become effective this Friday morning in plenary but it has been months in the making. This has been confirmed by one of the councillors, Joseph Arnauwho had been accompanying the mayor for years and held the Urban Planning area. arnau He argues that all this is the result of a lack of trust and communication that has ended up undermining the relationship and has led the five councilors to abandon politics. However, the mayor attributes it to “electoral calculations” and dismisses the situation as “surreal”.
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With these resignations, together per les Planes is left with only three councilors in the Government, of the nine it had. In fact, the party had no opposition until nearly two months ago when Puig became a non-member. Llorà says that he has the people to assume the positions that remain vacant. In total, four substitutes and one person from outside because there are no more on the list. “We have it in the hands of the secretary because we will have to see if we are on time for the credentials to arrive. There are six weeks left for the elections,” Llorà remarks.
new candidate
The resignation comes just one day after Llorà’s successor at the head of Junts, Pablo Odell, announced that he will incorporate the film director, Carla Simón, to his list as number 10. In fact, Puig folded due to discrepancies with the new candidate, who did not “count” on him to form a list. This Saturday he will present his candidacy, which bears the name of Estimem les Planes.