Mustafa Aberchán
Melilla politician
Mustafa Hamed Mohamed (October 17, 1959) is a Spanish politician who served as the Mayor-President of Melilla from 5 July 1999 to 19 July 2000, and is the leader of Coalition for Melilla. Aberchán was convicted of vote buying by the Supreme Court of Spain in 2021, and was arrested for vote buying in 2024.
Career
Coalition for Melilla (CPM) was formed when members of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) left in 1995. Aberchán is the leader of CPM. On 3 July 1999 he became Mayor-President of Melilla with the support of PSOE and the Independent Liberal Group. He was the first Muslim to hold the position and served until a vote of no confidence on 19 July 2000. He funds a charity in the Gaza Strip and attempted to visit it in 2012 and 2013, but was prevented from doing so by Israel. CPM became a coalition partner in the government after the 2019 election.
The Supreme Court of Spain sentenced Aberchán to two years in prison in 2021, for participating in a vote buying scheme during the 2008 election and he was also barred from running for office for two and a half years.
Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz ordered the Anti-Corruption Office in 2023 to investigate allegations of vote buying in Melilla by CPM. Votes were being bought for €100-150. Mohamed Ahmed Al-lal, a former minister and third on the CPM's electoral list, was arrested alongside 9 other people.
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