Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Politics gets undressed in the Canary Islands
Local council elections are coming up on Sunday in Spain and, election campaigns, it has to be said, can be awfully dry and boring, but not here in the Canary Islands.
Canarias7 report that, "After some weeks of campaigning, with hardly any non-political scandal and with candidates behaving correctly and with education, it had to be the ex Miss España, Sonsoles Artigas, who "light of clothing" in the magazine, Interviú, is soliciting votes for socialist candidate, Jerónimo Saavedra."
Saavedra is political rival to the current mayoress of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria - who just happens to be the girlfriend of Sonsoles Artigas' ex husband.
The Canarian model and TV presenter, who is well known in the Canary Islands, represented Spain in the 37th Miss World Pageant in November 1987, in the Royal Albert Hall, London and, whatever else you think about naked women soliciting votes, these 20 years look to have been kind to the 40 year old Sonsoles.
And, as Canarias7 say, political rivals had better hurry up and find suitable representatives to glamourously solicit votes for them too!
Not safe for work: Sonsoles Artigas se desnuda y pide el voto para Saavedra
Coincidences in the polls
Meanwhile, polls published by La Provincia, Canarias7 and Canariasahora.es all point towards the expectation of a general upturn for the socialists (PSC-PSOE) in the Canary Islands and the loss of absolute majority by the Popular Party (PP), in both the Corportations and the Town Halls, in next Sunday's elections.
Las coincidencias entre sondeos confirman tendencias a menos de una semana de las elecciones
