Alicante Deputy Mayor Villar faces pressure over Les Naus case

Opposition groups in Alicante, including PSOE, Compromís, and Esquerra Unida-Podem, have formally requested an urgent extraordinary plenary session to demand explanations from Deputy Mayor Manuel Villar regarding the Les Naus case.

The request follows judicial statements from María Pérez-Hickman, the City Council's Head of Contracting, who reportedly informed Villar in February 2022 that her relatives had entered the Les Naus cooperative. At that time, Villar served as the Councilor for Contracting and President of the Contracting Board, and he later chaired the municipal commission investigating the case.

The opposition has submitted twelve specific questions to clarify what Villar knew, when he was informed, whom he notified, and what actions he took following the communication regarding the involvement of the contracting chief's family members in the development.