Controversy over the hiring of Sílvia Orriols' daughter as a local police agent in Ripoll

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Ripoll City Council has hired one of the daughters of the town's mayor, Sílvia Orriols, as an interim local police officer. Orriols herself announced this at Tuesday evening's council meeting and made it clear that she had not placed "anyone on a string" and that she had "absolutely abstained from participating in anything that affects the process." "Just as I cannot benefit her with my position, I cannot prevent her from fulfilling her dream either," she assured in response to the opposition's reproaches. The position was advertised as "urgent" to guarantee the "correct provision of service" given the "structural understaffing of agents," she pointed out.