Former Torrevieja Councillor Disqualified

The Alicante Provincial Court has sentenced Torrevieja's former councillor for fiestas to three and a half years of disqualification from employment in a public office, for a crime of prevarication.

The sentence, handed down, was based on the agreement reached by the prosecutor and the defendant's defence, and has now been declared final by the Court, after the parties confirmed their decision not to appeal. The case dates back to August 13, 2015, when the then councillor for festivities, África Celdrán, at the time a member of PSOE, signed, "lacking the powers to do so", a contract for publishing the programs of the Fiestas de la Purísima and for the May Fair.