A new hip operation is scheduled for Aburto on March 9
It will take about a month and a half for Aburto to recover, and the current deputy mayor, Amaia Arregi, will serve as mayor during that period.
Stock image of Juan Maria Aburto
The mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, will again undergo hip surgery , so he will not be mayor in the weeks of the datocides. The operation will take place on 9 March and will take place for a month and a half or two months outside public life.
Aburto has reported on the operation in an interview with the TeleBilbao Capital program, the third operation to be performed on his right hip because "so far it hasn't looked good." "It's exhausting, hurts more and more, prevents me from walking and standing normally. The only alternative is to operate," he said.
As long as he's out of public life, Amaia Arregi will be acting mayor.