€3,000 New York Vox Trip Sparks Orihuela Expense Fury
Cambiemos Orihuela has called on Tourism Councillor Gonzalo Montoya and his adviser to repay more than €3,000 it says was spent from public funds on their trip to New York. The municipal group said the costs covered the councillor’s and adviser’s travel and expenses. Its demand follows comments at the council’s 15 October plenary meeting, […] The post €3,000 New York Vox Trip Sparks Orihuela…
A municipal group in Orihuela has demanded that Tourism Councillor Gonzalo Montoya and his adviser repay over €3,000 in public funds that were spent on their trip to New York. The group claims Montoya did not have an official agenda in New York and did not attend any political or institutional meetings during the visit. They argue that public funds should not be used to cover his and the adviser's expenses when they had no separate official program.
The group supported Orihuela's Moros y Cristianos association's presence in New York but stood by their stance that public funds should not cover the councillor's and adviser's expenses. The group also disputed Vox's explanation for missing a committee meeting on 13 October regarding the 2025 General Account, stating the councillors were absent because they were traveling back from Madrid by AVE that afternoon, not due to delayed return flights as claimed by Mestre.
The group has called for an apology to committee members and stricter rules for publicly funded travel and expenses.
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