Manilva Mayoress resigns because of 'irregularities'

(sotograndedigital.com)

MANILVA (Cadiz) -- The westernmost municipality in the province of Malaga returns to its usual state of political instability, according to local and provincial media. The Mayoress, Antonia Muñoz, who has been on the Council for 27 years, and at its head since 2007, has been under investigation for alleged irregularities such as nepotism and dodgy contracts -- she resigned last Friday without offering any public explanations, just seven months before local elections. She had ben under pressure to resign since June 2013, when she and her Council cohorts officially resigned from her party (IU, Izquierda Unida) ranks. The present judicial investigation has already 'splashed' her family and close friends. Local sources also point to serious discrepancies with many of her political group, ever since they left IU.