The main opposition party in Alhaurín de la Torre, the PSOE, has denounced the salary of the Mayor, Joaquín Villanova, as ‘outrageous’ for a municipality of 30,000 inhabitants.
The PSOE believes that, irrespective of the party to which the mayor belongs, a salary in excess of €75,000 is excessive, particularly for a municipality of such size.
The Mayor’s salary has already been reduced as prescribed by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), but the PSOE also believes that the further reduction recommended by the Andalucian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP) should also be applied, as it has in many other municipalities.
When one considers that functionaries also receive various allowances, such as for merely attending meetings…