The brokers are investigating an alleged vote-buying community in subsequent Sunday’s elections The National Police foresees a number of arrests all through the day The proceedings have been declared secret
The National Police has launched an operation in Melilla in opposition to the alleged buy of votes for the elections subsequent Sunday. The operation, confirmed by sources near the case, has been declared secret by the investigating courtroom that has been investigating the alleged makes an attempt to purchase votes within the autonomous metropolis for days. The makes an attempt had been so evident and alarming that for a number of days, members of the National Police and Civil Guard guarded the primary logistics facilities within the space to keep away from incidents.
According to the complaints introduced, the quantity that the community would have paid could be as much as 200 euros for every vote bought, with the intention of benefiting one of many political forces that compete within the autonomous metropolis. The brokers are additionally investigating the doable theft of those votes, both from the postmen who transported them after voters requested the service by mail, or in one of many transit facilities till they’re scrutinized. As this newspaper revealed, there have been 43 votes by mail stolen in whole from postmen earlier than they may deposit them within the corresponding publish workplace. In addition, given the custody of the publish workplace brokers and the specific order to request the DNI of all those that requested to vote by mail, the queues on the publish places of work disappeared. For this purpose, because the maneuvers had been detected, the 16 postmen serving within the space have needed to go to work underneath escort, in an operation that regardless of the searches and arrests at this time, will proceed till May 25.
The operation stays secret and the formation or formations that might profit from these maneuvers are nonetheless unknown. Given the proximity of the elections, the top of the trial courtroom quantity 2 of Melilla has requested the investigators to be extraordinarily cautious about this info, to keep away from any interference within the electoral processes. This Thursday, May 18, was the final day to request a vote by mail. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 11,707 individuals had requested it in Melilla, nearly a 3rd of the 34,390 individuals who voted 4 years in the past and round 20% of the overall electoral roll of the autonomous metropolis, the place 55,000 voters are registered. That 20% of requests for voting by mail don’t have anything to do with the figures for the remainder of the nation, the place requests of this kind are 3% on common. In the case of the opposite autonomous metropolis, Ceuta, the functions are a bit above that nationwide common, with 3.58%, however they’re nonetheless at an astral distance from Melilla. In addition, requests in Melilla have doubled in comparison with 2019, when the share stood at 10%, additionally very excessive however not that top.
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