The mayor of Olmedo (Valladolid), Alfonso Centeno remains in office for the moment and has made it known in a letter that he must distance himself and take the time to decide with “serenity” the steps to follow, after the PP, his former party, asked him to resign and hand over the certificate of councilor after being found guilty by the Provincial Court to nine years in prison for the “Meseta ski” case.
In this communication to his neighbors, published at noon on his Facebook profile, Alfonso Centeno explains his situation in the face of the judicial process in which he was involved due to his responsibility as president of the Provincial Development Corporation (Sodeva), an entity dependent on the Provincial Council, regarding the dry ski project that was to be installed in a neighborhood of Tordesillas.
The still leader of Olmedo, already expelled from the PP, stresses that the case was resolved “initially” with a penalty of disqualification from public office, as it was considered proven that he had committed a continuing offence of prevarication, but that The decision is not yet final, Well, there is a call.
In this regard, Alfonso Centeno It is not clear whether he will address higher authorities. to defend his innocence, but explains that after speaking with his lawyer and his family, he is taking time and perspective to decide what steps to take now.
That is why he tells his neighbors that will be absent in the next few days of the local festivities of San Miguel and San Jerónimo and that it will be his colleagues from the government team who will replace him and assume ordinary responsibilities. Specifically, the deputy mayor, Miriam Martín, will be the one who will represent the mayor’s office.
“I hope that, as always, you will enjoy a few days of fun, coexistence and friendship, which have been the characteristics that have always characterized our patron saint festivities. I will not be present, but my thoughts and my heart will be celebrating with In the meantime, “I hug you hard”, writes Alfonso Centeno, who signs the letter with “your mayor and friend”, city councilor since 1997.
