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Updated Friday, March 8, 2024-08:20

  • Guadalajara The harassment of the mayor of Fontanar to a municipal employee: "Subnormal. You are stupid, you are the shame of your family"

The still mayor of

Fontanar

(Guadalajara),

Víctor San Vidal

, has presented his resignation to his electoral group, Entre todos Fontanar, as the party itself has communicated in an information through social networks.

The decision comes after the controversy over the video broadcast in the media in which he is heard

insulting a municipal worker.

"Among all of us, Fontanar has accepted the resignation of our colleague as first mayor, assuming responsibilities that the mayor himself has just confirmed";

the statement says.

With the aforementioned resignation presented, the party thanks San Vidal for his work "both in these five years as mayor and in the previous four."

"We are committed to continuing to work on the management of our City Council with the same honesty and commitment that we have shown over the years."

he indicates.

They recall in the information that after the video was disseminated, what could be seen was an attitude that was "completely intolerable and incompatible with the way of proceeding that a top person in charge should have" that they now reject "outright."

They also

value the apologies offered "positively

. "

"Although, we assume that these apologies are not enough given the events that occurred," they add.

On his social networks, the still mayor has reiterated his apology and has claimed

to feel "devastated by this incident

. "

"Also incomprehensible for me with a very high level of anxiety and receiving medical treatment," he adds.

"Aware that public representatives must assume responsibility for their actions with greater exemplarity if possible, I present my resignation," he says.

Likewise, he points out that the decision has already been made by the Government team and workers, "who have been oblivious to this unfortunate situation."

This same Thursday, the Castilla-La Mancha Prosecutor's Office has decided

to open investigation proceedings

into the video in which Víctor San Vidal addresses a City Council worker in "absolutely humiliating and humiliating" terms, considering that these events could be constitutive of a crime of workplace harassment or degrading treatment.

As reported by the Prosecutor's Office in a statement, it is considered that these behaviors, "which apparently are

repeated

," are "absolutely unacceptable in a democratic society in which respect and equality are essential for coexistence, especially in the case of a public official with respect to a worker".

The Prosecutor's Office dates these events to March 3 of this year, events that apparently occurred in municipal offices in the town of Fontanar.

In the video, the mayor loudly reproaches the worker for her attitude, calling her insults such as

"subnormal, mentally retarded and stupid."

Some events for which the councilor showed his regret and which he has attributed to "a situation of accumulated stress" and the "extreme nervous tension" that he has been "dragging for some time."