Disgraced Manilva mayor received 760,000 euros of ‘grateful donations’

PUBLISHED: May 10, 2010 at 10:11 am • LAST EDITED: January 7, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Andalucia, Malaga • 3 Comments

THE former mayor of Manilva told a court that 762,000 euros found at his home were “anonymous donations” to his political party.

Pedro Tirado insisted that he kept the donations, given to him by “grateful” members of the local community, in a Calvin Klein toilet bag and not in bin liners as has been reported.

He is accused of reclassifying land belonging to Royal Marbella Estates in exchange for three million euros.

When asked why he kept the donations at home, Tirado responded: “It’s rude to open an envelope in front of someone.”

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Ben

May 10th, 2010 10:24 am

Scumbag. Can’t all these politicians be finacially audited and any irregularities investigated?

Fred

May 10th, 2010 10:36 am

He will get a ban from office and a 4000 euro fine no doubt. The great justice system of Spain.

naomi

May 14th, 2010 2:52 pm

I am at a loss as to why the european court does not step in and bring these spanish practices to a halt, and make the government accountable for these people – after all i thought we were all sitting at the same table in the EU? Am I missing something as this behaviour seems prevalent throughout, does spain have dispensation or something from just and correct behaviour?

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