Sources near the investigation have indicated that after giving an announcement at police stations, the brokers have launched the 9 detainees. In addition to the arrests, the brokers have carried out a dozen searches within the metropolis, amongst them on the Coalición por Melilla premises. (CPM) According to the complaints filed, the quantity that the community would have paid can be as much as 200 euros for every vote bought
The National Police has launched the 9 detainees allegedly concerned in a plot to purchase votes by mail in Melilla, together with quantity 3 on the Coalition for Melilla (CPM) lists for the May 28 elections, Mohamed Ahmed Allal.
Sources near the investigation have indicated that after giving an announcement at police stations, the brokers have launched the 9 detainees -six arrested right now Tuesday and three on Monday-, who might be summoned by the choose who’s conducting the investigations into this alleged plot.
Among the 9 detainees is Mohamed Ahmed Allal, presently councilor for Districts, Youth and Citizen Participation within the Government of Melilla and who was deputy councilor for New Technologies and son-in-law of the chief of the Coalition for Melilla, Mustafa Aberchán.
In addition to the arrests, the brokers have carried out a dozen searches within the metropolis, together with the places of work of the Coalition for Melilla (CPM).
According to the complaints introduced, the quantity that the community would have paid can 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 attainable 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 complete from postmen earlier than they might deposit them within the corresponding submit workplace
Validated solely 16% of the vote by mail
The police operation stays open and extra arrests and searches should not dominated out, in a police and judicial operation undertaken to attempt to keep away from an try to fraud by shopping for votes, after in these elections for May 28 it has multiplied by three functions for the mail vote, going from 4,200 in 2019 to 11,700 in these in 2023.
According to information from the Ministry of the Interior, till this Tuesday, the Post Office has validated 16% of the vote by mail in Melilla for the 28-M elections. In the final 24 hours the determine has risen from 1,302 to 1,882 votes submitted, out of a complete of 11,707 functions.
The process is open till the twenty fifth, three days earlier than election day, so the determine can nonetheless be up to date upwards. The attainable electoral fraud in Melilla led the Electoral Board of the Zone to demand the identification of every voter by mail via DNI.
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