PP, Vox and Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP) presented a no-confidence motion signed before a notary in order to take over the mayor’s office from the socialist Josele González at the Mijas Town Hall registry. The signatories of the motion would give the mayor’s office to Ana Mata of the Partido Popular who, if the initiative is successful, would give the baton of office for the first time in Mijas to a woman. The sum of the PP councillors (9), plus those of Vox (3) and the PMP councillor add up to 13, the absolute majority of the corporation, which is also made up of the 10 PSOE councillors and the two Cs councillors.  Therefore, with this new movement, the municipal organigram changes, which was configured in plenary session on the 17th of June after the signing of a government agreement between the socialists, the councillors from Ciudadanos and Juan Carlos Maldonado, a pact that was broken a few days before the 100th day of government, as the councillor from Por Mi Pueblo now supports the motion signed by the PP and Vox. Once the no-confidence motion has been presented and registered, the next step will be to vote for or against it and elect the mayor or mayoress of the town. The plenary session for this purpose has already been called for next Thursday, 2nd of November, at 12 noon, in the plenary hall of the Mijas Town Hall.

Partido Popular

For the Popular Party, the reason for the motion is to “put an end to the economic lack of control and obscurantism” that have characterised, they say, the management of the socialist mayor Josele González who, in the opinion of the three parties signing the pact, “has turned our town into a personal political springboard and a platform at the service of the interests of the PSOE”. The aim, they say, is for Mijas to “return to being at the service of the people of Mijas”. “We have to get our town out of the paralysis it has suffered in recent years and recover good management and transparency in the municipal accounts, which are on the road to ruin with a socialist government that squanders tens of millions of euros without audit of the comptroller, which has been transferred to the Chamber of Auditors,” said Mata. In a statement, the PP said that the main objectives of the government pact are “to recover the quality of municipal public services, especially cleaning and security, to speed up the payment to suppliers and local companies, with a serious current delay that is significantly harming many businesses and families in Mijas, as well as to place the town as one of the great references of welfare, development and progress of both the Costa del Sol and Andalusia”. The three parties signing the motion regretted that the current mayor “has used the Mijas Town Hall to become Pedro Sánchez’s favourite in the province”, reproaching the socialist mayor that in five years “he has not demanded a single one of the pending projects in the municipality from the central government”.

Vox

For its part, Vox assured in a press release that “it is fulfilling its commitment, acquired during the election campaign, to get the left out of the governments of the institutions”. The spokesman for Vox in the Mijas Town Hall, Eloy Belmonte, pointed out that “this alliance has the firm intention of putting an end to a lamentable chapter of economic lack of control, lack of transparency and total abandonment of the needs of the citizens”. On the appointment of Ana Mata as mayoress, Belmonte considered that, “with the support of Vox, she symbolises a future of hope and administrative rectitude for Mijas”, and added that “it is imperative to put an end to the catastrophic management that the PSOE has perpetrated in Mijas, where we have seen a worrying paralysis” in all municipal spheres and restore transparency, fiscal responsibility and revitalise essential public services”. Belmonte stated that they will work to “ensure that local businesses and families receive the support they deserve, starting with speeding up payments to suppliers”. “We cannot allow our beloved town to be used as a platform for political ambitions that ignore the wellbeing of Mijas residents”, he said. “Today, we mark the beginning of a new era for Mijas, an era of stability, growth and, above all, a government committed to its people. It is not just an issue of political change but a matter of civil urgency and historic responsibility”, he concluded.  

Por Mi Pueblo

As for Por Mi Pueblo, this newspaper contacted Juan Carlos Maldonado’s press officer, but he declined to make any statements. 

Ana Carmen Mata occupied the sixth place on the list of the Partido Popular of Mijas in its candidacy for the municipal elections. It was the first time she had run for election in the municipality, but her political career began much earlier. Current spokesperson for the PP in the Provincial Council of Malaga, an institution in which she has held various important posts, she was a councillor in the Town Hall of Fuengirola for 17 years, since 2002. She has also held important positions in the Regional Government of Andalusia, where she was Secretary General for Families.

As stipulated in Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June 1985 on the General Electoral System, the extraordinary plenary session at which this motion is to be presented is automatically convened at twelve noon on the tenth working day following the day it is registered. 

The plenary session will be chaired by a presiding officer who will simply read out the no-confidence motion. The candidate for mayor, the mayor and the spokespersons of the municipal groups then take the floor. The candidate included in the no-confidence motion will be proclaimed mayor if the motion is successful with the favourable vote of the absolute majority of the number of councillors who make up the Corporation

Mayor Josele González also spoke out on his social networks hours after the motion was presented. In a post in which he said that “being mayor of my city has been the greatest honour of my life”, the Mijas mayor recalled that a few months ago the PSOE won the municipal elections in Mijas and that, together with Ciudadanos, “we have been able to provide stability, management and solutions”. Gonzalez concluded by announcing “nobody can claim victory, I will not leave Mijas no matter what happens, in 2027 I will stand for election again and justice will be done”.

According to the PP, the government pact brings together parties that obtained a “majority support of 48.6% of the votes in the last municipal elections”. For these parties, the no-confidence motion is “essential to get the Town Hall out of the economic and social drift, the neglect and the disastrous partisan management imposed by González”. For Vox, “this union goes beyond party politics. We are facing a crisis that affects the daily life of every citizen and this coalition represents the voice of the voters who are looking for a real and substantial change”. 

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