The first deputy mayor and councilor for Works of Cangas de Morrazo (Pontevedra), the socialist Iria Malvidogave positive on a breathalyzer test which took place in the early hours of this Tuesday, during the local feast of Christ. He will go to court after having returned a rate exceeding 0.80 milligrams per liter. The councilor informed the local executive of her party that she would not resign.
Sources close to the case consulted by Europa Press report that the councilor witnessed the Galilea Orchestra performance, near the Restauration Square, and then went to the Ojea warehouses, near the town hall, where a DJ was playing. Around 2am, he took the car and, as he was about to leave the premises, Malvido was intercepted by the local police, who took a breathalyzer test in which he gave a positive result that allegedly exceeded 0.80. In general, anything above 0.60 is considered criminally illicit, so the advisor will have to stand trial for an alleged crime against road safety.
According to Europa Press sources from the provincial leadership of the PSdeG-PSOE, Malvido informed them of the facts on Tuesday morning. Now, in accordance with the party’s statutes and code of ethics, will be referred to the Federal Committee.
And since these are criminal acts, the matter will be in the hands of theto the Ferraz Ethics and Guarantees Commission, who will decide what it considers “taking into account the nature of the particular circumstances of the case”, as specified in the code of ethics.
According to the same text, a socialist position only comes up against a expulsion sure – you must request withdrawal or the Ethics and Guarantees Commission will suspend your membership – if it concerns crimes of corruption, influence peddling, embezzlement, gender violence, crimes of harassment or discrimination, against sexual freedom and compensation, torture or against moral integrity.
Iria Malvido was the PSOE candidate for mayor of Cangas in the 2023 municipal elections and is currently the “number two” of a tripartite local government led by Councilor Araceli Gestido (BNG) and in which Esquerda Unida is also present.
The PP of Cangas de Morrazo requests his resignation
The PP of Cangas de Morrazo demands that Iria Malvido apologize publicly and resign after the revelation of her positive breathalyzer test. In a statement, the most popular emphasize that Conduct of public representatives “must be exemplary” and “this is unfortunately not the case.” They therefore consider Malvido’s situation to be “unsustainable”: “When a person makes a mistake, they must assume the consequences of their actions and apologize.”
Furthermore, the PP points out, citing published information, that the conduct of the socialist councilor would reach “sufficient seriousness to be classified as a crime”, for having exceeded the rate of 0.60 that marks the limit between administrative and criminal offenses. This, for the popular municipal group, makes “his continuity even more unsustainable” as a member of the local government and the Company.
Beyond this event, the PP makes summary of all the time Malvido was “number two” of the mayor, Araceli Gestido (BNG), who was marked “by bad manners, a lack of respect towards opponents and neighbors who saw fit to criticize his management.”
