PIOC DENOUNCES MIDDAY CLOSURE OF LAS RAMBLAS POLLING STATION DURING ELECTION

The Party for the Independence of Orihuela Costa (PIOC), has denounced the temporary closure of the Las Ramblas Golf Electoral College in the Elections held on 28 May.

Several people have confirmed that the Las Ramblas Golf Polling Station, in Orihuela Costa, was closed at around 2:00 p.m., therefore, it was not possible to access to vote at that time. The President of PIOC, Román Jiménez, telephoned the JEZ of Orihuela, around 3:00 p.m. to be told that they did not know anything, but they would investi-

Maria Wilson praises AACC at U3A meeting

Despite the uncomfortable temperatures we are enduring at the moment, quite a good number of Torrevieja u3a members turned out for their last monthly prior to the summer break.

The meeting kicked off with the president outlining changes that it is hoped will be put into place when the meetings resume in September.It is hoped gate it, and get back to him. However, no response was received.

Some days after the municipal and regional elections, on 1 June, Jiménez sent an email to the JEZ of Orihuela, repeating the same complaint, but, once again he received no response.

On 8 June he sent another email, insisting that the complaint be dealt with.

The next day, the JEZ replied, accepting the Complaint but adding that no closure had been found.

On 16 June 16, an email was sent again to the JEZ of Orihuela, this time attach-

Local Police Officer Under Investigation for Forcing Singer to Cover her Breasts

ing two statements in English and Spanish, signed and providing identification of the witnesses of the closure that occurred around 2:00 p.m.

On 24 June, another statement arrived, which in turn, the Party sent to the Orihuela JEZ, thus increasing the number of witnesses to the Complaint. PIOC has said that it will try to obtain further statement, if possible, and if it does not receive a response from the JEZ of Orihuela or it is unacceptable, the Complaint will be put before the Prosecutor's Office.

to simplify certain procedures to make life simpler for all concerned in the normal events of the assocition.

Following a short musical interlude the speaker took to the stage.

This months talk was presented by the well known Marie Wilson,who has for many years championed the cause of encouraging people to take advantage of the various forms of early Cancer detection that are available via the AACC and the Pink Ladies and Pink Panther groups that she heads.

Murcia Prosecutor's Office will open proceedings against a Local Police officer who forced the singer RocÌo Saiz to cover her breasts on Saturday during a musical performance.

The Prosecutor wants to find out if the police officer, who stopped the concert, could have committed a crime, the abuse of power, coercion or crimes against fundamental rights.

The singer took to Twitter to explain, "In the 'Pride' of Murcia, in this song I have taken off my top for 10 years, the police have stopped the concert". "They wouldn't let me continue if I didn't get dressed. Either I put on my blouse or I was handcuffed. I got dressed, we finished the concert out of respect for the public."

Aspokesman at the Murcia Local Police Headquarters said, ìwe are going to determine the responsibility of the officer, if any; the action was not correct and that is why a file is openedî.

The same Police sources confirms that ìit was not intended to disturb the rights of the artistî. The internal report drafted by the agent in question alludes to article 37 of the Gag Law, which states as a minor offence "the performance or incitement to perform acts that violate sexual freedom and indemnity, or perform acts of obscene exhibition.î