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A woman who was hired for a month and a half in a position of trust after allegedly having an affair with Estepona’s mayor, José María García Urbano, was denied any work by the city council before a judge last Monday, the CPB said. he declared. , she didn’t know her mission, and he didn’t even set foot in City Hall. She said that 48 days after taking office, she resigned without doing any work or receiving any explanation after receiving just over 5,200 euros.

“No one called me.” “I haven’t gone a day because he didn’t tell me to go.” He just said, “I’ll call you.” I was worried, but when you said you would call me…” “I don’t know the mission in that area or the function assigned to me.” “I wasn’t called to work, so I didn’t have anything to report.” I don’t know what to do.” Her full statement, which this media could hear, was a series of different ways to tell the judge the same thing. That is, that García Urbano hired her, that García Urbano put her there just to get her “closer,” and that she said: She says she has never worked at the company and was fired without any formal notice. He simply stopped receiving a paycheck.

Her words describe the clearly arbitrary actions of city council members who personally appointed her to a position of trust but did not give her a mandate. All this is due to the woman’s supposed ignorance as she was always waiting for a call from him to assign her duties. “Jose María told me this was a personal job in his personal area. But I don’t know what it was,” she told the judge last Monday. spoke. “Did he tell you if there were other people in a similar situation to you?” asked the common prosecution attorney. “Not at the time,” she answered, “but what he said he did and didn’t do as a farmer is what he says he is.” “Do you call City Hall a “Cortijo”?” “In my mind, yes.”

According to him, at the time, the two had been dating since 2021 and things had “cooled down.” During 2022, the mayor paid her rent for the apartment, which ended in January 2023. According to that version, she always held the mayor back, but “so that I wouldn’t leave, she offered me a job.” “Over time, it became clear that I would stay here. ” She wanted to return to Cordoba, where she had family.

judge Investigate whether the woman’s signature was misappropriatedHe is the partner of a local police officer from Cordoba who is stationed in Estepona and accused García Urbano of coercion. had a sexual relationship and she would have participated in it. In the framework of this lawsuit for alleged sexual harassment, the woman told the judge about her employment by the municipality, which led to the opening of another article.

The woman, who was signed on as a trusted advisor appointed to the external management area in February 2023 with no experience or knowledge of public contracts, admitted on Monday that she had already spoken out when she appeared on sexual harassment charges. Ta. His statement was made as a witness and therefore he has a duty to tell the truth. Failure to do so may result in charges of false testimony.

García Urbano denounces ‘distortion’ of facts

Garcia Urbano also appeared as an investigator on Monday. He used his right not to answer to either the judge, the prosecutor, or the public’s accusations (PSOE and Vox), declaring his innocence and his “confusion and surprise” because the woman had “distorted” the facts. According to the mayor, who has ruled Estepona with an absolute majority since 2011, his appointment at the end of the previous term was due to “a certain mantra spreading.” “Perhaps the city council neglected to save, maintain, details. We consider it convenient to strengthen the work of these services, operational brigades, to know public opinion and to be on social networks. I…”

During his fourth consecutive term in office, the mayor has undertaken various decorative acts, such as the display of thousands of flower pots and colorful murals on the facades, in an effort to ensure that Estepona offers the image of a clean, beautiful and friendly city. This is one of the city’s key features, but opponents have persistently accused it of ignoring safety, cleanliness, or transportation from the city center.

The mayor said word got around town that he thought he might need another person on the team that oversees city contracts. The municipality pays $44 million a year for outsourced services such as gardens, beaches, cleaning and signage services. And, he said, he chose CPB “not as an employee because of its complexity,” but as a position of trust because he hadn’t exhausted his “quota” of advisors for the assignment. A reliable position to check the lighting of street lights and the brightness of geraniums. “They are not [tareas] “It’s particularly complicated, but it was very important at the time,” he told the judge.

The two met online, which the mayor explained was key to hiring her. “I remembered her as someone I trusted. I knew she would do well. She was available and knew the city. She had the ability to be a careful observer, she had the ability to get along with people in the neighborhood, she knew how to network.” …Actually, she contacted me for the first time through social media.

Documents delivered to the judge say the judge did not participate in the filing and did not have time records. The city councilor defended himself by saying he was absent from work for a few days (unspecified) during the 48-day period because his recovery period was longer than expected, but he was still working.

The problem for council members is that neither the council nor the council members have yet submitted any documentation about their leave or the work the council members have done. Garcia Urbano assured the judge that she only told the judge what she was doing. “Yes, verbally. In some cases over the phone. He certainly went to City Hall,” he said.

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