In the last Plenary Meeting of the Almuñécar Town Council it was unanimously agreed to make Jesus Christ a perpetual councillor on the council.

This means that Christ will receive a mayor’s baton and the corresponding medallion. As it was unanimous, it means the far-left party also voted in favour.

The idea was put before the council by the leader of a Semana-Santa brotherhood, the Very Old, Illustrious and Venerable, Guillermo Montes Alabarce, backed by 1,600 signatures in favour.

Sr. Montes Alabarce pointed out that 2022 will be the 75th anniversary of the founding of the brotherhood.

Editorial comment: I’m sorry, but that is absolutely ridiculous. We are in the middle of a pandemic, which now appears to be taking a down turn, and the Town Council could think of nothing better to do with their time (paid for by taxpayers) than making a mystical being into an invisible mayor… and equipping this intangible entity with a baton. Why not make Father Christmas the Vice Mayor and Tinker Bell the Chief of Police, whilst they’re at it?

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)