They hunt Manuel Baltar, president of the Diputación de Ourense, at more than 200 km / hour in the official car

The president of the Ourense Provincial Council and the provincial PP, Manuel Baltar, was caught last weekend driving at 215 kilometers per hour on the A-52, near Zamora, when he was traveling to Madrid.

According to what official sources of the provincial institution have indicated to Efe, Baltar traveled to the Spanish capital on Sunday in an official car, which belongs to the Diputación de Ourense and which is available to the Presidency, where he had scheduled work meetings the following day. .

José Manuel Baltar Blanco was penalized with a fine of 600 euros and six points, which Provincial Council sources have confirmed that he will pay. And from the provincial entity they have assured that they are unaware of the possible opening of a report for a possible crime against traffic safety.

Police sources consulted by Efe have indicated, however, that in this case there would be a crime for driving above 212 kilometers per hour in a section that is limited to 120, therefore, more than 60 km/hour above the allowed speed.

The agents of the Civil Guard stopped the passage of the official vehicle through the municipality of Asturianos, last Sunday at 6:00 p.m., according to information from Europa Press advanced by eldiario.es.

José Manuel Baltar was re-elected president of the PP of Ourense on September 26, 2021 with 99.24% of the votes cast in the 18th Provincial Congress. Since February 2012, he has been the president of the Ourense Provincial Council, thus succeeding his father, José Luis Baltar Pumar, who left this position after 22 years.

That weekend he was campaigning in the municipalities of Puebla de Trives and Villar de Barrio, in Orense, ahead of the municipal elections on May 28, according to the PP account of the Galician province.