The first councilor of Arequipa, Angel Linares Portilla could assume the mayoralty of the Provincial Municipality of Arequipa temporarily to drive the municipal Council in the next few hours. In communication with La República, Linares commented that he was surprised by the news.
The deputy mayor said that he had undergone a health operation and that he was currently in the process of recovering at his home, for which he had no prior knowledge of the possible sentence.
He added that he did not imagine that he could assume the position and that he also does not believe that he will intervene with any change because it is already the end of the year, and there is practically only one month left to complete the transfer process that has already begun.
He clarified the panorama of what would have to happen and said that he would contact the manager of the municipality to see the steps that must be taken from now on. “All councilors should be summoned to see the suspension of the mayor,” said Linares.
Finally, he was consulted about the sentence imposed on Omar Candia and said that he was sorry and that he thought they would only give him a few years in suspended prison.
Facts about Angel Linares
Angel Anastacio Linares Portilla was born in characato in 1953 and today is 69 years old. He studied at the Superior Normal School of Arequipa, where did he graduate Elementary teacher. He taught at various schools for 31 years, and later retired.
He entered public administration as a councilor in the District Municipality of Characato in two periods, between 1993-1996 and between 1997-1999. He was district mayor of Characato for four alternate periods between 2000 to 2006 and 2012 to 2018. He was elected provincial councilor for the period 2019-2022 and today he is the deputy mayor, who could complete the term of Omar Candía.
Linares Portilla, has been elected as the new mayor of the Characato district for the period 2023-2026 by the Renace Regional Movement and obtained 2,940 votes and won the election with 45% of the voters. Linares will occupy the municipal seat from January 2023 and it will be his fifth term as district mayor and it is likely that he is the citizen who has held the most municipal positions in his 69 years of life.
