The mayor of the Spanish municipality of Manilva on the Costa del Sol Antonia Munoz resigned surprising 17 October, with immediate effect.
Antonia Munoz announced his resignation in an appearance in which she did not respond to any questions from the press. Without alluding to the numerous corruption allegations which looms over her mayor said Antonia Muñoz she completes a stage in his life to start a new, more devoted to his family.
It is family and her inner circle that makes Antonia Muñoz landed in trouble and in danger of being prosecuted. The news of her departure comes just a week after the new criminal charges leveled against some of her family members, property Marbella.
Antonia Muñoz accused among other things of having hand-picked family and close friends to high paying key posts in the municipal administration Manilva. The scandal led to both she and the other six members of Manilva municipal government expelled from Izquierda Unida, although they have so far refused to leave their posts.
Awaited successor to Antonia Muñoz is Manilva vice Mayor Diego Urieta.
Union boss took advantage of Spanish tax amnesty for tax evasion
The historical Spanish union leader in the coal mining industry, José Ángel Fernández Villa being investigated for tax fraud.
Fernández Villa are said to have taken advantage of the Spanish government’s tax amnesty in 2012 to legalize 1.4 million euros which he declared. He is on sick leave since last year, when the anti-corruption prosecutors launched an investigation against him. In accordance with the tax amnesty, he can not be prosecuted for tax evasion, but he can be held accountable if he is found to have obtained the money illegally.
The news has struck like a bomb in both the Spanish trade union movement as the Socialist Party in Asturias, where José Ángel Fernández Villa sits on the board. Regional President of Asturias Javier Fernández (PSOE) says he is “appalled” at the news, which he finds to be more serious than both Pujol- and Gürtel scandal.
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