Richard Thompson
Head of registry in Sant Joan for MÉS per Mallorca, will lead the municipality for three years with PSOE support
52 years old and an English teacher, he has lived in the city for nine years, where he has served as a councilor
“You don’t have to be born in Sant Joan to be a Sant Joaner anymore,” he said
Richard Thompson52 years, starting this Saturday the supreme municipal authority of Sant Joan, a city of 2,000 inhabitants located in the Pla de Mallorca region, in the center of the island.
Thompson, who participated in the municipal election with the acronym MOON for Majorcais the first British citizen to take the baton of command in the Mallorcan municipality, on the islands where 25,000 of his compatriots live, according to data from British Consulate General.
The candidacy is led by a professor of this nature West Sussex gains five aldermen (469 votes, 41%), and needs to ally with the PSOE (one seat) to gain the Mayor’s Office, thanks to a deal that provides a mandate three years to the MÉS candidate per Mallorca, while the final year of the legislature will remain in the hands of the socialists.
Despite not having Spanish citizenship, it is The Organic Law of Electoral Regimes support Thompson’s right to vote and be elected in municipal elections.
Richard Thompson, after his proclamation as mayor
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According to the newspapers GuardianThompson – who has served on the legislature before – is based on an attractive program, a positive campaign and his popularity among citizens following his participation in a local talent contest held last summer.
In his own words, “You don’t have to be born in Sant Joan to be Sant Joaner anymore“. He knew about it, because he had lived with his wife in the city for nine years.
His tall stature and the fact that he had taught English to most of the town made him a well-known personality among his neighbors, many of whom were unaware that he was running for mayor.
Get to know it from now on teaching will be temporarily parked to focus on city work and has stated that the first thing he will do is Monday when he arrives at his new office It will ask for the boiler to be installed.
As a teacher of the language, he knows the cultural, social and political importance of Majorcan, therefore he does not hesitate to indicate that he does not intend to “abandon the defense of the language in our land”.
Efficacy and sustainability
During his three years in office, he aspired to develop the page city siteincrease sports facilities place, create a day center for parents and activate the plan sustainable mobility which allows children to go to school on foot or by bicycle.
“I want people to feel that things are running efficiently and that we’ve stuck to our schedule and done what we said we were going to do. Our motto is ‘orgull sant joaner (pride of Sant Joan), we want people to feel proud of their city and be a part of Sant Joan”, he told British newspapers.
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