Cordobese Union
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Cordobese Union Unión Cordobesa | |
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| Leader | Rafael Gómez Sánchez |
| Secretary-General | Roque de Llano Iribarnegaray |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Dissolved | March 2019 |
| Headquarters | Córdoba |
| Political position | Right-wing populism |
| Colours | Green |
| City Council of Córdoba | 0 / 29 |
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Cordobese Union (Spanish: Unión Cordobesa, UCOR) was a localist political party in Córdoba created by Rafael Gómez Sánchez ahead of the 2011 local elections.
History
[edit]Rafael Gómez (better known as "Sandokán"[1]) first made public his intention to create a political party for the municipal elections of 2011 in December 2010.[2] Cordobese Union won 24,805 votes and became the second political force in the city (the People's Party was the most voted one), gaining 5 seats in the City Council.[3]
In the local elections of 2015 UCOR lost around 15,000 votes and 4 seats. Rafael Gómez resigned from the City Council. He was replaced by Rafael Carlos Serrano Haro, his nephew.[4] Rafael Gómez currently faces a trial for 11 crimes against the Public Treasury for which the Prosecutor's Office asks for 44 years in prison.[5] In February 2017 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for one of those crimes.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rivera, Agustín (23/04/2011): «Elecciones Municipales y Autonómicas - El ‘malayo’ Sandokán da la gran sorpresa en Córdoba al lograr cinco concejales». El Confidencial.
- ^ Villegas, Rafael (23/12/2010): «Sandokán quiere ser el Berlusconi de Córdoba». Público.
- ^ Rodríguez, José Luis (25/05/2011): «Nieto ganó en 344 mesas, Gómez lo hizo en 63 y Ocaña en cuatro». Diario Córdoba.
- ^ Caravaca, Toñi (08/07/2015): «'Sandokán' abandona la política». El Mundo.
- ^ Reina, Carmen (16/01/2017): «Sandokán se escuda en sus asesores: "Yo no sé qué es el IRPF"». eldiario.es
- ^ Reina, Carmen (04/12/2017):«Rafael Gómez 'Sandokán' ingresa en prisión por fraude a Hacienda». eldiario.es
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