The signatories of the no-confidence motion against the mayor of l'Alqueria d'Asnar, three socialist councilors and one unattached councilor, have denounced the paralysis experienced by the local council for months. This situation began last November, when the Popular Party and the unattached councilor moved to the opposition, leaving the mayor isolated.
According to the councilors, two months after the legal presentation of the no-confidence motion, it has still not been debated. Furthermore, neither the Financial Economic Plan nor the 2025 liquidation has been approved, and there is no budget for 2026, which has led to pending invoices and blocked essential decisions.
“"Every day that passes, the suspicion becomes more evident: the blockade is not a consequence, it is a strategy."
The background to this paralysis is the lack of a municipal secretary. The mayor dismissed the official who produced a report pointing to "management outside the law" with the swimming pool money. The signatories of the motion state that the mayor "is vetoing this official because he reported possible irregularities in the management of 6,300 euros in cash from the municipal swimming pool collection to the Court of Accounts".
Initially, the mayor appointed a services laborer as acting secretary. Later, he requested the incorporation, by accumulation, of the secretary of Vallada, but the General Directorate of Local Administration denied this request. Faced with this situation, the mayor has chosen to re-appoint the services laborer as acting secretary-intervenor, a decision that the councilors consider "legally very questionable" and that "adds more insecurity to municipal acts".
“"If he is delaying the appointment of the secretary to prevent the normal functioning of the plenary session and obstruct a no-confidence motion registered according to law, we are no longer just talking about mismanagement. We are talking about the use of institutional blockade for political purposes, and that is of enormous democratic gravity."
The signatories of the no-confidence motion emphasize that the silence of the Popular Party is "unsustainable", as it governs in the Provincial Council and the Generalitat and has the capacity and legal obligation to unblock the situation. They recall article 36.1.b of the Local Regime Law, which attributes to provincial councils the competence of legal, economic, and technical assistance and cooperation to municipalities, especially those with less economic and management capacity, guaranteeing secretarial and intervention services in municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, as is the case of l'Alqueria d'Asnar with about 500 residents.
They demand the appointment of a qualified secretary, the withdrawal of legally questionable decisions, the urgent convocation of blocked plenary sessions, the immediate processing of the no-confidence motion according to law, and that the Provincial Council and the Generalitat fulfill their obligations to end this blockade. Meanwhile, residents have held periodic concentrations to demand the mayor's resignation.
