The mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, and the municipal secretary of the City Council, Pedro Javier Hernández, have been summoned to testify in the Investigating Court Number 4 of Arona after the preliminary proceedings opened after an order issued by Judge Nelson Díaz Flores.
The judicial procedure began after the complaint filed by the socialist councilors Dácil León, Sebastián Roque and Luis García, expelled from the government group, after the municipal plenary session on November 26, 2020 withdrew from the Mayor’s Office the point of order of the day in which Mena’s passage to the condition of non-attached councilor should be reported after the PSOE agreed to his expulsion from the party, which would open the door to a motion of censure.
The municipal secretary argued, based on a complementary report, that the expulsion of the party could not be executed in plenary until the judicial appeal filed by the mayor against the resolution was resolved.
Mena’s defense has already submitted a brief to the Court requesting the file and dismissal of the preliminary proceedings, considering that the reported facts do not constitute a crime.
