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Ibarrola and Garcia Adanero have called for the resignation of Pamplona councillors for "xenophobic speeches"

The PSN will support the request for resignation of EH Bildu, Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zurekin, who have accused Ibarrola and García Adanero of spreading "uncontrasted and unscrupulous lies and falsehoods" against men accused of sexual assault and the municipal government.

GRAFCAV8013. PAMPLONA, 23/12/2025.- El alcalde de Pamplona, Joseba Asirón (2i), acompañado del concejal delegado de Acción Social, Txema Mauleón (i), del concejal delegado de Promoción Económica, Promoción Europea, Innovación, Juventud, y Cooperación al  Desarrollo, Mikel Armendáriz (2d) y de la concejala delegada de Igualdad, Acción Comunitaria, Barrios y Diversidad Cultural, Zaloa Basabe, durante la rueda de prensa que han ofrecido este martes en Pamplona en la que han pedido la dimisión de los concejales Cristina Ibarrola (UPN) y Carlos García Adanero (PP) por sus "discursos xenófobos" en torno a la agresión sexual que tuvo lugar en Pamplona el pasado 23 de octubre tras la cual la Policía Municipal detuvo a cuatro personas por su presunta implicación en los hechos, aunque la titular del Juzgado de Violencia sobre la Mujer nº 1 de Pamplona les exculpó tras recibir las pruebas de ADN. EFE/Villar López
Members of the Pamplona government team during the press conference. Photo: EFE.

The municipal groups EH Bildu, Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zurekin have called for the resignation of councillors Cristina Ibarrola (UPN) and Carlos García Adanero (PP) fortheir "xenophobic speeches" on the occasion of the sexual assault that took place on 23 October in Pamplona.

The Municipal Police arrested four people for their alleged involvement in the events, but the head of Pamplona Women's Violence Court No. 1 released themthis week  after finding that the DNA tests did not match their genetic profile .

The Mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Aseniron, has appeared before the media accompanied by Social Action Delegate Txema Mauleon, Economic Promotion, European Promotion, Innovation, Youth and Development Cooperation Councilor Mikel Armendariz and Equality, Social Action, Neighbourhood and Cultural Diversity Councilor Zaloa Basabe.

In the Mayor's view, "this initial irresponsibility - to give credibility to unverified leaks and to use them to attack this government team - was aggravated by the insistence of the following weeks. "The accusations made against this government team and the detainees were a succession of lies and falsehoods spread without rigour, contrast or shame."

Ibarrola and Garcia Adanero's positions "are not compatible with someone who wants to win the mayor's office in this city," so they will demand the resignation of both at the next plenary session. 

The PSN in Pamplona has supported the decision of the City Council government team to demand political accountability. Marina Curiel, its spokesman, has stressed that in such a case "the priority must always be the protection of the victim, his informational rigour and institutional respect, and not the pursuit of interested political gain".

UPN spokeswoman Cristina Ibarrola has said that "politics cannot fall below Asiron" and has accused her of "failing to guarantee the safety of thousands of young people" who were at that party.

Meanwhile, for PP spokesman García Adanero ,  "Asiron and his team are not in a position to ask anyone to resign, depending on who they are." He has reiterated that they believe it was "irresponsible to allow an illegal settlement in an area where thousands of young people were planned."

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