Orihuela Council Official Car Caught Speeding

Mystery surrounds who was behind the wheel of Orihuela council’s official car which was clocked speeding at 14 kilometres over the 120 kilometre an hour limit back in October.

Opposition socialist PSOE councillor Victor Ruiz this week asked the PP mayor Emilio Bascuñana (pictured) to identify the speeding driver, but the Mayor said he did not know, as the municipality does not have a chauffeur, and the vehicle is used by government team councillors and their advisers.

Bascuñana said that a speeding fine had been handed out, adding that the raising of the issue by the PSOE was “petty”.