Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The wheels grind slowly

The judicial process in Spain is notoriously slow probably because of the large numbers of denunciations that have to be dealt with. Eventually though, justice prevails, the guilty are dealt with and the innocent are let off.

In 2008, José Antonio Ricart for the PP in Bigastro and Carmen Castaño for the Greens filed a complaint about the mayor at that time, José Joaquín Moya. They alleged that he had used council employees and materials from the town to construct a rural hotel at Vistabella where I understand he lives.

The judge handling the case, has called for the municipal secretary, Antonio Saseta along with two other employees to provide evidence at court No. 4 in Orihuela in May. In the meantime, Sr. Moya has to appear today as a defendant, since he asked to postpone his appearance on 29th March.

This is hardly the crime of the century. However, taken along with the other imputations made against the former mayor, it builds up a picture of how he may well have abused his position as mayor during the later years in office.

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