Overview
- The clash began at the Feb. 12 San Javier plenary when PP councillor Estíbaliz Masegosa reproached Podemos’s Matías Cantabella for missing an Oct. 8 meeting, which he said he skipped due to cancer treatment.
- Mayor José Miguel Luengo expelled Cantabella and then spoke for about three minutes accusing him of exploiting his illness, saying his attitude was a disgrace for cancer patients and their families.
- Podemos deputy Javier Sánchez Serna shared the video on X, demanded the mayor’s resignation, and insulted him using the phrase “hijo de puta.”
- Luengo confirmed the PP of the Region of Murcia will file a criminal complaint for injurias against Sánchez Serna seeking €30,000, with any award pledged to the local AECC.
- Cantabella says he has posted about his treatment to break taboos, acknowledges he was vehement in the session, and criticizes the mayor’s conduct as lacking humanity.