Monday 23 May 2011

What hope for Gib if Sanchez goes and Landaluce comes in?

Is the PP mayor of La Linea in or out? That is the question being asked in Gibraltar following the Spanish municipal elections, as the man has earned the wrath of many by his policies, poised to wreck good neighbourly relations.

Alejandro Sanchez managed to top the poll but with 11 seats it is not enough to gain an absolute majority. His fortunes may be down, but will he be out?

He needs to have at least 13 seats to secure his mayorship for another term. That means striking a pact with either the leftwing IU or the nationalist PA, neither of whom appear too keen to strike a deal with Sanchez.

If that is the case, the last days of Sanchez as mayor have arrived.

Political observers reckon that the PSOE, with 10 seats, will do a deal with both the IU and the PA - and if that is concluded, a socialist will be the new mayor of La Linea.

Such a move would bring about better relations between Gibraltar and La Linea.

Even if that happens, what about developments in Algeciras across the bay?

In Algeciras, another PP candidate regarded as anti-Gibraltar, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, is now to become the mayor of Algeciras, his party having obtained 16 seats - with the nearest rival, the PSOE, with only 6.

So, it might be a case of Sanchez ceasing to be a headache, and Landaluce replacing him!

What hope for Gib?

5 comments:

  1. Just ignore the fools.

    All articles in Panorama & the Chronicle do is give a voice to these fascist windbags from the campo.

    Why report their every word?

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  2. Makes no difference what their name is, their attitude to Gibraltar will be the same. Bad!
    Some take the soft approach, others the tough road. Their aim is to take over what belongs to the people of Gibraltar. Our homeland.

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  3. who cares what the spanish mayor in algerciras thinks all the pp have being a headace for years and one more idiotic spanish politician is nothing to worry about, what is he going to do say that we have no rights, sea, land and that gib is spanish yawwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn they are so predictabe. what tough stance has he done said a few words here and there against gib and make it sound like if he is really concerned about the topic, now that he is in power he will do like the rest shut up unless he is in trouble so lets hope algerciras does well in the next few years so he does not need a smokescreen.

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  4. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE...FOR ONCE. THEY WILL HASTLE US UNTIL WE START HITTING THEM WHERE IT HURTS...JOBS...WANT A JOB IN GIB?...YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOCAL ADDRESS AS YOU DO EVERYWHERE ELSE.....WE PAY TAX TO CROSS OVER...THEY PAY TAX AND ARE REQUIRED A GREEN CARD LIKE WE ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE. SINPLE THE ONLY LANGUAGE THeY UNDERSTAND..ASK MOROCCO AND THE FRENCH!

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  5. Sanchez will remain in place, and with Landaluce in Algeciras, Arenas in Seville and Rajoy in Madrid Gibraltar's closest political ally will be in Rabat. Good times are approaching for the final end of colonialism in the Iberian Peninsula.

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