Bilbao (EFE)
Sources from the Sumar electoral committee in Euskadi have confirmed to EFE that Abecia has already resigned and that now the Álava list will “run” for the Senate, which already included the candidate for mayor of Amurrio on May 28, Leticia Jiménez , from We can; and Ester Palacio, from Ezker Anitza-IU.
According to judicial sources cited by eldiario.es, he is charged with a minor crime of “unusual mistreatment”, punishable by sentences of between six months and one year. During the trial, which has been seen for sentencing, the Prosecutor’s Office has joined the complaint of the private prosecution, while the defendant has defended his innocence.
Abecia, who was listed as an independent, was Sumar’s star signing for the Senate in Euskadi, since until this very Saturday he was the mayor of Zambrana representing a neighborhood list of the town that decided not to run again after holding the Mayor’s Office for 16 years.
Abecia’s candidacy in Sumar had been publicly known today – the deadline for presenting lists closed at midnight yesterday Monday -, so he has been a candidate for less than a day.