"The more effort put Unió Mallorquina (UM) in an attempt to shed its image as a party corrupted more sinks. After two former senior officials and public figures on Monday will visit UM cell of the courts for alleged corruption, the party created in 1983 decided to hinge on Monday night to dissolve and become pro les Illes Balears Convergència to stand for election May 22. Change of name, headquarters and policy.
(...) A few hours earlier had been arrested Cristina Cerda-former deputy mayor of Palma in alliance with the Socialist Party from 2007 until February 2010 - and Mateu Cañellas-ex Minister for Sport of the socialist government of the Balearic Islands Francesc Antich in the same period. (...)
Both have been charged with embezzlement and forgery result of his alleged involvement in the Picnic case. Even before the 2007 elections, Pork and Cañellas-considered as a possible day replacement and Maria Antonia Munar Miquel Nadal, former presidents of the party and now charged for corruption-controlled Xarxa Sa (The Network, in Catalan) an operation to infiltrate the social fabric UM by attracting members and prospective voters using the budgets of the institutions and contractors.
In the city of Palma is paid for almost three years to 12 payrolls each month to "environmental information" placed by Unió Mallorcan who invited trips with public money about 3,000 citizens. In the Consell de Mallorca, between 2003 and 2007, when UM was an ally of the PP, was implemented the same plan, under investigation in another criminal case. (...)
rebukeThe avalanche of lawsuits against UM has not stopped there. The news agencies have confirmed this morning that the judge granted the request of the prosecution and ordered the imprisonment evaded bail of 100,000 euros for the former head of the Environment of the City of Palma and former UM number four in Palma Paula Cortes, after three days spent at the station. Other middle managers and entrepreneurs in the UM environment have been arrested: 12 in total.
A these scandals must be added that a judge and two anti-corruption prosecutors searched the headquarters in Palma Mallorquina Unió on Friday, made last night by Joseph Melia branded, of "unnecessary" and "show" that "mediates" the "democratic process" of elections. On detainees and a former secretary general of UM, Tomeu Vicens, prisoner convicted of embezzlement, Joseph Melia said that his party condemns cronyism and corruption considers "a blight to eliminate" as expected "to run the Justice to be. " ( El País, 02/28/2011)
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