Spain's PP in Móstoles spends €900,000 on sushi and Iberian ham
A €900,000 catering contract featuring sushi and Iberian ham in Móstoles, Spain, comes as the town's mayor is summoned to court over alleged harassment.
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The €900,000 catering contract surrounding Móstoles' mayor in the middle of a court case
In Móstoles, Spain, luxury is served on a platter. Manuel Bautista, the mayor from the Partido Popular (Spain's conservative People's Party), has pushed through a tender worth nearly €900,000 for luxury catering services, sushi stations, premium cocktails and Iberian ham carvers. The contract, split into four lots over four years, coincides with his summons to appear as a suspect on 9 October over the alleged sensual and workplace harassment of a former councillor from his own party.
There is more to this figure than meets the eye. While the courts await him, the town hall is gearing up to feed people in style. Some sum up the menu with irony: "Móstoles empanadillas at beluga caviar prices". The quip is not random: the town is famous for its empanadillas, but the budget suggests otherwise.
Local politics has become tangled in the usual squabbling. Some see the contract as further proof of political impunity; others play it down by pointing to scandals in rival parties. In the middle of it all, the taxpayer wonders what a sushi catering contract has to do with the town's social services.
The tender will probably be justified as protocol services or institutional events. But its timing, coinciding with the court case, turns the banquet into an uncomfortable symbol. And 9 October is not far off.
By the time the mayor sits before the judge, the menu will already be booked. For the next four years.
In Móstoles, Spain, luxury is served on a platter. Manuel Bautista, the mayor from the Partido Popular (Spain's conservative People's Party), has pushed through a tender worth nearly €900,000 for luxury catering services, sushi stations, premium cocktails and Iberian ham carvers. The contract, split into four lots over four years, coincides with his summons to appear as a suspect on 9 October over the alleged sensual and workplace harassment of a former councillor from his own party.
There is more to this figure than meets the eye. While the courts await him, the town hall is gearing up to feed people in style. Some sum up the menu with irony: "Móstoles empanadillas at beluga caviar prices". The quip is not random: the town is famous for its empanadillas, but the budget suggests otherwise.
Local politics has become tangled in the usual squabbling. Some see the contract as further proof of political impunity; others play it down by pointing to scandals in rival parties. In the middle of it all, the taxpayer wonders what a sushi catering contract has to do with the town's social services.
The tender will probably be justified as protocol services or institutional events. But its timing, coinciding with the court case, turns the banquet into an uncomfortable symbol. And 9 October is not far off.
By the time the mayor sits before the judge, the menu will already be booked. For the next four years.
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