Yesterday the Partido Andalucista (PA) voted to confirm Isabel Barriga as their candidate for mayor in the next municipal elections. Daniel Harillo was voted number two.
The PA is attempting to rebuild the party throughout Andalucía after a series of defections caused by internal fighting, the most serious being the abandonment of the party by Ronda’s mayor Antonio Marín Lara and eight former PA councillors.Barriga stated that the PA would be fielding a full list of candidates for all 21 seats in the municipal council, and called on Rondeños who believe in the principles of democracy to vote for the party and take back their votes lost to the PSOE.
Pilar Gonzalez, secretary general of the PA launched a blistering attack on Ronda’s mayor Marín Lara emphasising the historic enmity between the PA and PSOE. Delegates in the PA have publicly wondered how the PSOE was able to attract the turncoats when in fact the party is closer to the centre-right policy wise than the leftist PSOE.
The confirmation of Isabel Barriga as mayoral candidate for the PA in Ronda effectively rubber stamps her efforts to rebuild the party locally, and kick starts their election campaign. Barriga’s next job will be getting the party to agree a manifesto for the municipal election.
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