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Arlequ\u00edn is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and was first elected as mayor in 2001.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4At the end of his term in 2015 he was accused of sexual misconduct, which forced him to resign on January 12, 2016. He was later pardoned by the former governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Alejandro Garc\u00eda Padilla.Political career[edit]After serving 4 years at the municipal assembly, Arlequ\u00edn Vega was elected as Mayor of Guayanilla in the 2000 Puerto Rican general elections. To win the seat, Arlequ\u00edn defeated the incumbent Ceferino Pacheco Giudicelli, from the New Progressive Party. The margin of the win was 236 votes (1.8%) in favor of Arlequ\u00edn. Like most mayors, he was sworn in during January 2001.At the 2004 Puerto Rican general elections, Arlequ\u00edn retained the seat winning by a wider margin this time (57.7% of the votes). His main rival was again Pacheco Giudicelli, who received only 39.3% of the votes.[2]Arlequ\u00edn V\u00e9lez was reelected two more times in 2008 and 2012.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Legal troubles[edit]On November 18, 2014, the Puerto Rico Department of Justice referred a sexual misconduct case against Arlequ\u00edn V\u00e9lez to the Puerto Rico Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor’s Panel (PFEI). The accusations came from an employee of the municipality. In March 2015, the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) suspended Arlequ\u00edn from all his charges within the party.[3] The next month, a judge found cause for arrest against Arlequ\u00edn for the charges.[4]On December 17, 2015, Arlequ\u00edn V\u00e9lez was sentenced to four years in prison.[5] Soon after, and not happy with the verdict Edgardo Arlequ\u00edn presented an appeal to his sentence to the Appeals Court of Puerto Rico. After this, the Party started conversations with him to voluntarily resign to his seat, but Arlequ\u00edn initially refused.[6] On January 12, 2016, he finally presented his resignation.On January 16 the Appeals Court granted him bail until his request to revoke the guilty verdict was clarified.[7]On December 30, 2016, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garc\u00eda Padilla pardoned Edgardo Arlequ\u00edn V\u00e9lez, who was convicted in 2015 for a sexual misconduct and for violating article 4.2 of The Puerto Rico Office of Government Ethics.[8]On December 4, 2017, Edgardo Arlequ\u00edn’s four-year sentence was revoked after the courts appeal system found him innocent of the same charges that led to his suspension as Mayor of Guayanilla in 2015 and eventually wrongfully convicted in the same year.References[edit]^ “Alcalde de Guayanilla, Elecciones Generales 2000”. CEEPUR. August 9, 2001.^ “Alcalde Resultados Municipales, Municipio de Guayanilla”. CEEPUR. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2015.^ “Suspenden a alcalde de Guayanilla de todos sus puestos en el PPD”. Primera Hora. March 6, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.^ Caqu\u00edas, Sandra (April 21, 2015). “Causa para arresto contra alcalde de Guayanilla”. El Nuevo D\u00eda. Retrieved April 21, 2015.^ “Tras las rejas el alcalde de Guayanilla”. El Nuevo D\u00eda. December 17, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.^ Caro, Leysa (December 23, 2015). “Edgardo Arlequ\u00edn se aferra a la alcald\u00eda”. El Nuevo D\u00eda. Retrieved January 31, 2016.^ Estrada, Michelle (January 13, 2016). “Renuncia Edgardo Arlequ\u00edn a la alcald\u00eda de Guayanilla”. El Nuevo D\u00eda. Retrieved January 31, 2016.^ “Gobernador indulta a exalcalde convicto por acoso sexual”. Primera Hora. December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.       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