The Criminal Court Number 2 of Santa Cruz de Tenerife acquits the former mayor of San Juan de la Rambla Thomas Table of a crime of prevarication for the opening during his tenure, in the year 2013of a supermarket that operated for almost two years without the appropriate license, although it was finally granted by the technicians of the ramblero town hall in June 2015. Mesa was denounced by the former socialist mayor fidela velazquez. That he appeared before the Prosecutor’s Office because he considered that Mesa had prevaricated for not ordering the closure of the establishment.
The judgment concludes that there was no such crime of prevaricationfor which they were requested to Thomas Table a total of 10 years of disqualification for employment or public office. That crime “by omission” did not even occur, underlines the judge with arguments such as that “there is talk of bias and not a single question has been asked of the defendant about whether he had any interest in opening the supermarket or if he knew someone he was trying to favor, nor has he contributed testimonial evidence in this sense. In addition, she points out that she has “serious doubts that the defendant’s conduct is willful and meets the required requirements” to be a crime of prevarication.
Thomas Table he was mayor of San Juan de la Rambla between 2013 and 2015, period in which he was expelled from the Popular Party after being convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Later he joined the Vecinos por Tenerife party and was elected councilor in the 2015-2019 term.
