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

Marc Puigtió has resigned as ERC's mayoral candidate in Girona after leaked audio recordings surfaced, admitting a serious error while warning against the normalization of recording private conversations. In the recording, Puigtió reportedly sought to oust the local party leadership, criticized primary rival Adam Manyé, and offered compromising information about him. He acknowledged "inappropriate expressions" but claimed the audio was an edited montage of informal conversations from different days. Puigtió won tense party primaries almost a year ago by a single vote before the local executive resigned en bloc. New primaries are pending, and a party communications official also stepped down.