The Plenary of Eljas names Félix Severino López Fernández as Favorite Son

The City Council of Eljas has agreed to grant the title of Favorite Son (Hijo Predilecto) of the town to Mr. Félix Severino López Fernández. The decision was adopted by the Plenary of the council in an ordinary session held on September 29, 2026, and is now made public in the Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, within Section I of Local Administration.

The official announcement bears the signature of the mayor-president, Mr. Antonio Bellanco Fernández, and is issued in compliance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Regulations on Honors and Distinctions of the City Council of Eljas. The document is published with the official reference CVE: BOP-2026-4690, on page 22930 of the provincial gazette, corresponding to number 0192.

The Plenary Agreement

The body adopting the distinction is the Plenary of the City Council of Eljas, meeting in an ordinary session on September 29, 2026. In that session, the appointment of Mr. Félix Severino López Fernández as Favorite Son of the municipality was approved.

The published text records the plenary agreement literally and without nuance: the Plenary “agreed on the appointment of Mr. Félix Severino López Fernández as FAVORITE SON of Eljas.” This is, therefore, an honorary recognition of a municipal nature, adopted by the highest body of neighborhood representation.

Publication and Procedure

The dissemination of the agreement is carried out according to the procedure provided for in the municipal regulations on honors:

• Issuing body: City Council of Eljas (Section I, Local Administration, City Councils).
• Signing authority: Mr. Antonio Bellanco Fernández, mayor-president.
• Date of agreement: September 29, 2026, in an ordinary session of the Plenary.
• Date of announcement: October 1, 2026, signed in Eljas.
• Date of publication: October 7, 2026, in the Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres.
• Invoked regulatory basis: Article 7 of the Regulations on Honors and Distinctions of the City Council of Eljas.
• Official reference: CVE: BOP-2026-4690, pág. 22930.

The announcement is limited to publicizing the agreement “for the appropriate purposes,” without incorporating a list of merits or personal circumstances of the honoree in the published text.

A Recognition with Permanent Effects

The title of Favorite Son is the highest honorary distinction that a city council can grant to a person linked to the municipality, and its granting corresponds to the Plenary. In the case of Eljas, the procedure is governed by the municipal regulations on honors and distinctions, whose Article 7 is the precept that supports the publicity of the agreement in the provincial gazette.

Publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres provides the appointment with the necessary official record and allows residents to know the full content of the agreement adopted by their municipal representatives.

The distinction awarded to Félix Severino López Fernández thus adds to the record of honors of the City Council of Eljas, a municipality in the region of Las Hurdes whose corporation has wished to publicly recognize the trajectory of a resident with the title of Favorite Son. For the residents, the announcement represents the formal record, in the official provincial gazette, of a decision adopted unanimously by its Plenary session on September 29, which now acquires full publicity and administrative effects.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres, no. 0192, October 7, 2026, Section I - Local Administration, page 22930 (official reference: CVE: BOP-2026-4690).