Mayor of Cómpeta banned from any public office

The former Mayor of the Málaga village of Cómpeta, the ex Partido Popular Mayor, Leovigildo López, has been banned from any public office position for the next seven years, in a sentence from criminal court No. 1 in the provincial capital which has found him guilty of planning crimes. He must also pay a fine of more than 2,000 €.It relates to a building licence granted for land classified as unsuitable for development, in the area known as El Pulido, and, according to the court ruling, in the ‘full knowledge’ that the decision contravened planning regulations in force at the time. Europa Press notes that the municipal architect had advised that the licence application should be turned down.López was Mayor of the village for 16 years until he decided that he would not be standing for re-election in the municipal elections which took place in May last year.