EFEMadrid
03/03/2023 7:18 p.m.
The former deputy mayor of Lorca, Francisco MoralesEuropa Press
He has left the city corridor after 1 / 4 previous six within the afternoon after entrenching himself a number of hours after studying of his dismissal. The cause is because of alleged irregularities within the contracting of an occasion to advertise Holy Week in Madrid. He has stated that he has “nothing to cover” as a result of he has at all times labored “underneath authorized standards”
The former deputy mayor of Lorca, Francisco Morales, of Cs, has left the city corridor after 1 / 4 previous six within the afternoon after entrenching himself a number of hours after studying of his dismissal and has assured that this as a consequence of alleged irregularities in a contract is because of “partisan pursuits ” of the PSOE earlier than the municipal elections.
Morales appeared earlier than the journalists who have been ready for him on the gates of the city corridor on a day that he acknowledged as “exhausting” having acquired the information of his dismissal “which he didn’t anticipate” and that he thought of “unjustified”.
He has defended that in his authorities duties he and his group have labored with “most transparency to make a greater Lorca” and has said that he is not going to surrender his act as councilor as a result of he desires to “proceed defending” the pursuits of residents.
Surprised by his dismissal, he stated he felt “ashamed”, though he has “nothing to cover” as a result of he has at all times labored “underneath authorized standards”, one thing that he’ll proceed to do “together with his head held excessive”.
Later press convention
Morales has known as a press convention within the coming days by which he’ll give all the main points of the contract for a promotional occasion for Holy Week and a cultural congress which have triggered his termination.
He may also discuss concerning the “breach of the federal government pact” by the mayor, Diego José Mateos, of the PSOE, “unilaterally”, “with out there being any drawback” and utilizing a scenario of “administrative delay” to set off this disaster and provoke its “sudden cessation” three months earlier than the elections.
He has been “very calm” and has assured that he’ll collaborate “in every little thing that’s obligatory” in order that the information are clarified.
He has acknowledged that his workplace has been sealed till Monday he can take away his private belongings and has defined that medical checks have been carried out on the request of his work group, from the Cs municipal group, who requested an ambulance.
His cupboard has “eradicated private gadgets” from the computer systems, “however the exhausting drives are there as a result of we’ve got nothing to cover,” he reiterated earlier than getting right into a automotive that was ready for him within the Plaza de España.