Overview
- During an urgent debate on a new waste rule Friday, Mayor Araceli Gestido told Local Police to remove PP councillor Isabel Filgueiras.
- Gestido said she called Filgueiras to order three times, then halted the session and requested officers after repeated interruptions.
- After Filgueiras exited, councillors approved the urgent motion with PP and Alternativa dos Veciños in favor and BNG and PSOE against, and the PP group then left the chamber in protest.
- PP leaders called the move authoritarian after the vote, and Gestido said the councillor had insulted an opponent and that she acted to keep order.
- The Mancomunidade do Morrazo runs waste collection for the area, and recent meetings on its new ordinance have turned stormy, including a February expulsion and last year’s protests that ended with police escorting the mayor.