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The Partido Popular gets an absolute majority with 15 councillors in Mijas The PSOE lost one of its strongholds in the Costa del Sol. The PP, with Ángel Nozal at the helm, got 11.026 votes, receiving support from 49.9 per cent of the voters Karen A. McMahon
The PP led by Ángel Nozal won an absolute majority which allows them to govern at the Mijas Town Hall. I n t h e o p p o s i t i o n a re t h e Socialists, the Independent Group and Alternative Mijeña – The Greens. The election results on Sunday May the 22nd saw victory for the People’s Party (PP), which scored a total of 11,206 votes, with ample majority having secured 49. 9% of the ballots. The leader of the political party, Angel Nozal, considered that the votes demonstrated the result of a job “well done not just in the last months, but from more than four years ago”. “My desire now is to merit all those who voted for me”, he concluded. The day after his victory at the polls, Nozal offered a press conference, pleased by the results obtained in the elections. The Partido Popular leader confessed that although they were confident of getting the majority, they were surprised by the wide margin of its success and blamed the loss of votes for the Socialists to the so-called ‘Zapatero effect’. In addition, the future Mayor announced that economic austerity will mark the beginning of his mandate, which will also focus on curbing unemployment and solving issues such as the irregular houses and the business park. Angel Nozal will seek the support of the Junta to respond to these demands, since it’s key projects are the creation of jobs
in the municipality. “I will go to Seville with all the humility in the world and will try to convince the people that represent the Junta de Andalucía that local autonomy is very important”. On the other hand, with the austerity plan which he intends to set up, the PP leader says that they can achieve significant savings in the municipal funds to boost employment and generate more jobs. Nozal also assured that they will keep social policies. PS0E candidate, Fuensanta Lima has a brief of 25.1% of the vote, so they have seven councillors representing the party for the next four years just half of which was the mandate in the town. However, Fuensanta Lima reiterated “its commitment to continue working for Mijas despite the outcome at the ballot box. She also asked the PP “not to forget social policies and that they were going to continue
“I will go to Seville with all the humility in the world and will try to convince the people that represent the Junta de Andalucía that local autonomy is very important”, so said the future Mayor of Mijas, Angel Nozal
The Partido Popular team in a jubilant mood after the results of the municipal elections on May 22nd / J. Coronado.
betting for the dependency law, education and social services”. The PSOE candidate also took the opportunity to congratulate the rest of the political parties that had gained representation. Fuensanta Lima said that s h e a l s o h o p e d f o r go o d harmony between parties, with representation at the Mijas Town Hall, for the sake of Mijas. The Socialist ensures that most of the causes of the defeat of her party have been the economic crisis. Lima thanked Socialist voters and her companions who she received support from and added that she will continue to work
PSOE candidate Fuensanta Lima has a brief of 25.1% of the vote, so they have seven councillors representing the Party for the next four years / Mª José Gómez.
for the good of the people who, she says, has the support of the direction of the PSOE at the provincial level. May the 22nd also brought positive results for two political parties which, as of June the 11th, will also have a space in the Mijas Town Hall. The independent group of Mijas, led by José Antonio Sánchez Peña, obtained the conf idence of the citizens and have two councillors in the Corporation. In total, this political force counted a total of 1,530 votes, 6,82% of ballots. N o l e s s s a t i s f i e d we re mem b e rs of t h e Coa l i t i o n Alternative Mijeña - Green Party, who obtained a Councillor with 5.3% of the votes, 1.188 altogether. S e ve n p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s competed in the municipal elections in Mijas, only four have achieved representation in the Council. Having obtained victory in the municipality, Angel Nozal will soon be Mayor of Mijas. June the 11th is the scheduled inaug uration of the new municipal corporation. It will be at this event when Socialist Antonio Sánchez, who has held the Mayor’s Office for the past four years, will pass the baton of command to Nozal; meanwhile, Sanchez will continue to serve as Mayor of Mijas.
“ ÁNGEL NOZAL PP Leader
The future Mayor announced that economic austerity will mark the beginning of his mandate, which will also focus on curbing unemployment and solving issues such as irregular houses and the business park. Nozal also assured that he would keep the social policies
“ FUENSANTA LIMA PSOE candidate
“I want to congratulate Angel Nozal as the next Mayor of the Partido Popular and reiterate the commitment that I made when I stood for this election which is that I would continue working for Mijas.” “I have done, am doing and will continue to do so”