The former councilor of the Popular Party within the Orihuela City Council and former regional deputy, Andrés Ballester, has died this Tuesday on the age of 63 after an extended sickness. Ballester turned basic secretary of the native PP and one of the vital loyal males to former president Francisco Camps. In addition, he shall be remembered because the colleague who distributed garlic from his personal firm at Christmas.
The element of the garlic consisted of a Christmas motif, made with this meals that one 12 months turned out to be a snowman, with two thumbtacks for eyes and a cap of cava as a hat, which the mayor of Orihuela distributed amongst his companions.
Also, as a consequence of his nice affinity with Camps and turning into his nice assist in the course of the first and hardest moments of the Gürtel, Ballester determined to take one among these dolls made with garlic to the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) when it was settled. the trial towards the previous Valencian vice chairman for the well-known fits, in order that he would give luck to him and his associate Ricardo Costa, accused within the case.
In truth, those that noticed it there level out that the present remained in one of many rooms of the Valencian Council of Bar Associations (CVCA), the place the headquarters of the TSJCV is positioned till the top of the trial.
Beyond the garlic anecdote, Ballester shall be remembered by many for his leafy mustache and his fast rise within the regional PP, due to his friendship with Camps, which led him to the Valencian Parliament as a deputy. Also due to his proximity to the residents. His final efficiency in lively politics occurred in 2017 when he offered his candidacy to turn into president of the PP of the native formation of Orihuela.
The wake for the deputy has been put in this Wednesday afternoon on the Vega Baja Funeral Home. Tomorrow, Wednesday, he shall be fired at a funeral mass at 5:30 p.m. within the Orihuela Cathedral.