Marc Puigtió resigns as ERC's Girona mayoral candidate after audio leak

Marc Puigtió resigned as ERC's Girona mayoral candidate after leaked audio surfaced, admitting a "serious error" while citing dignity and warning against normalizing secret recordings of private conversations. The leaked audio captured Puigtió discussing removing the local party leadership, criticizing primary rival Adam Manyé, and offering damaging information about him. ERC had opened an ethics investigation into the recording a day earlier. Puigtió won last year's tense primary by one vote; Manyé challenged the result. He keeps his posts as Sant Julià de Ramis councilor and Gironès comarcal council vice-president.