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Polop Councillor, Pilar Villanueva, resigns

Posted in: Costa Blanca

Feb 26, 2010 - 1:36:22 PM

The ex second Deputy Mayor of Polop de la Marina, Pilar Villaueva from the PP, has presented her resignation as a councillor in the town. She has also been the councillor responsible for the environment and education upto now.

Municipal sources told EFE news agency that a letter arrived first thing on Friday morning, and an extraordinary council meeting will be called in the next few days as a result.

It comes just three months after the PP ex Mayor, Juan Cano, was jailed for his alleged implication in the shooting dead of his predecessor, Alejandro Ponsoda, it’s claimed over a real estate deal.

The municipality has six PP councillors, three GdP independents, and two from the Valencian Socialist Party.

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