Overview

• Camacho announced his resignation on Wednesday in a brief note that offered no explanation beyond calling it a meditated choice.
• Joaquín Ordóñez is set to assume the mayoralty in the coming days, having most recently overseen Development and Employment after earlier posts in Urbanism and as second deputy mayor.
• Camacho informed the local PP committee on Tuesday night before making the decision public on Wednesday morning.
• The transition follows weeks of strain inside the local PP, including councillor Antonio Campaña’s Oct. 1 departure from his post and the party with criticisms of Camacho, as well as public reproaches from PSOE spokesman Antonio García.
• Recent street altercations have heightened local tensions, and Camacho had used X to press for the immediate expulsion of immigrants who commit crimes.