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28TH MAY - 3RD JUNE 2019 - EDITION 789
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PP RETURNED TO POWER IN TORREVIEJA come as something of a shock to a traditionally conservative town. Having continued in local government throughout the building boom years, the right wing party were used to making the decisions. However, throughout their four
It was a night for celebration in the blue quarter as the Partido Popular were returned as local government in Torrevieja with 14 councillors.
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his total gives them once more an outright majority in the town hall and the opportunity to carry out their plans without interference from the opposition. The council need a majority of 13 councillors out of the possible 25 to be able to govern. Something that the previous, four-party council had not had for the majority of the time they were in local government. Now it is down to the PP with Eduardo Dolón as mayor, to fulfil their promises. The vote in 2016 that saw the PP’s reign of almost 30 years toppled had
Eduardo Dolón casts his vote on Sunday.
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