The mayor of the Cardenal Quintero municipality (Santo Domingo) in the state of Mérida, Yovani González, resigned from his position through a video released in the Municipal Chamber and uploaded to social networks; where he expressed that “after having rendered the accounts, after doing so as required by law, I have decided to leave my post to order.”
González was elected in the 2021 elections as an independent candidate and had disappeared from his office since March 17.
He argued that after a year of municipal mandate “they have been deprived of many things” to comply with his administration and the demands of the citizens. According to the mayor’s Communications department, González would be in Valencia because he fears for him and his family.
Absence
The general director of the mayor’s office of the Cardenal Quintero municipality (Santo Domingo) Francis Barrios, accompanied by different directors of the institution, expressed the absence of Mayor González for more than 15 days, through the station Neblina 105.5 Fm.
In this radio report they reported that they did not know the whereabouts of Mayor González; However, the Director of Communications of the mayor’s office had contacted the mayor of Cardenal Quintero, who told him that he was in the city of Valencia, “since his life and that of his family is in danger”, reports the post of the Ig account of @siempre_noticias
