The Spanish Civil Guard arrested seven people Wednesday and is investigating three for allegedly buying postal votes in Mojácar just four days before Spain’s key regional and municipal elections. Sources close to the case reported that two detainees are on the Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) lists for Sunday’s municipal and regional election. On the eve of the operation in Mojácar, Police arrested ten people in the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, on the North African coast, among them a regional councillor, also for alleged vote buying. Left-wing party Coalición por Melilla (CPM) said that the party is – in their view – the victim of political attacks by its rivals ahead of Sunday’s election. Meanwhile, Elías Bendodo, centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) general coordinator, urged Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to shed full light on the Mojácar and Melilla cases.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 25, 2023 05:45 UTC