In the pigeon house in Plaza Nueva, they are a little nervous. Antonio Muñoz is living his darkest days since he lost the mayor’s office on that night of May 28, 2023. UCO investigation into possible influence peddling at the time … The granting of the Emvisesa plot of land to Rafael Pineda’s wife, from which the family and its partners received a large profit, puts the focus directly on the management of the public company in 2016, where he takes over the position of Vice President. Since ABC exposed the case just over two months ago, a state of perpetual tension has developed within the municipal PSOE, which has been reflected in the halls of City Hall. In the group, which has never been an example of unity, there are more than obvious tensions that explode into hyperbole in plenary sessions.
The political strategy he has pursued since then has been extremely clumsy: to try to cover up what happened during the execution of the plot and, at the same time, to demand explanations of the sale from the current mayor is to shoot himself in the foot. It was the government of Espadas (and Muñoz) that handed over that “idle” quantity to a high-ranking PSOE official, who hijacked the subsequent sale and forced the initial price to be lowered because no one wanted it. Even the only interested party was the wife of the former chief of staff of the government delegate, who bought it to give him a double pass after only five months. Business was perfect…at least until the UCO came along.
The former mayor is not having a good time with this case. It’s not the right time, that’s understandable. The quarter-final matches are scheduled to be held in the coming months. He has not been confirmed as a mayoral candidate, far from it. He has double agents around him moving his chair for him. Ironically, their only guarantee is their own loser’s tag: basically, they can’t find anyone else. Which is why this issue is beginning to ruin any hint of harmony in the socialist bathroom, with knives flying out the back. This, combined with María Jesús Montero’s mandate to disrupt the political arena, transformed the entire opposition from a useful opposition, as Muñoz declared, into an irresponsible opposition.
Otherwise, his performance in the plenary session yesterday is incomprehensible. Antonio, who was the mayor of the city, knows well to blackmail the local police when sensitive dates are approaching. In fact, it was his advisor Cabrera who began to soften his portfolio to maintain the status quo with the unions. So, the fact that it was the SWP – and its alignment with Vox – that overturned the budget amendment to implement the Christmas plan only highlights the political folly just days before the derby and the opening of the lights. Also, sectarianism, which until now was alien to Muñoz himself, and traditionally far from the mud and polarization imposed by his party. The last thing was to hear him make Sans’ rule ugly based on the decrees. Specifically… the one who comes from Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party.