Pacha Ibiza DJ to run for mayor
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 10:26 AM
A NEW independent party running for local elections in May has chosen a DJ from the popular nightspot Pacha Ibiza as their mayoral candidate.
Joan Ribas, 51, will be gunning for the mayor's seat in Ibiza town in five weeks' time, but meanwhile, he will continue in the job he has held for over 20 years at the mixing desks of one of the White Isle's most heavily-frequented clubs.
Guanyem ('We Win') is a breakaway group which used to form part of Podemos, led at national level by university professor Pablo Iglesias and dubbed as 'the new centre-left' and a rival for the socialists.
Many Podemos members elected were not happy with their supporters' choice of number one candidate, and resigned en masse.
Following the Podemos-Guanyem split, the latter decided to hold its internal elections again, and Ribas got the highest number of votes.
But Ribas says: "Podemos supports Guanyem in many other town councils, and I personally know that many of them will support us here in Ibiza town, too."
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