Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla · 18 Sep 2026 · 3 vistas
The Assembly approves the Gold Medal for Torreblanca Melilla
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The Assembly of Melilla has approved the awarding of the City’s Gold Medal to Torreblanca Melilla Club de Fútbol, the highest distinction granted by the institution. The agreement was adopted in the extraordinary urgent session held on September 14, 2026, and is recorded in the summary of agreements published by the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME) number 6415, dated September 18, 2026, with the official reference BOME-A-2026-1041. The same session approved a second Gold Medal, in this case for the Interfaith Council of Melilla.
The publication of the summary responds to the provisions of Article 197 of Royal Decree 2568/1986, which approves the Regulations on the Organization, Operation, and Legal Regime of Local Entities, applicable in Melilla pursuant to Article 30 of Organic Law 2/1995, of March 13, which approves the Statute of Autonomy of Melilla. The text records the agreements of the Plenary of the Assembly in the extraordinary urgent resolution session of September 14, 2026, the urgent nature of which was the first point approved, under file 31582/2026.
The matters were presented through the Permanent Commission for Culture, Cultural Heritage, and the Elderly, and the two proposals for distinction bear the signature of the Councilor for Culture, Cultural Heritage, and the Elderly, Fadela Mohatar Maanan.
The two proposals for distinction
The agenda of the session included the following matters:
- 31582/2026: approval of the urgent nature of the session.
- 25862/2026: proposal to award the City’s Gold Medal to Torreblanca Melilla Club de Fútbol.
- 25865/2026: proposal to award the City’s Gold Medal to the Interfaith Council of Melilla, for reasons of courtesy and institutional reciprocity, in accordance with Article 6 of the Regulations on Honors and Distinctions of the Autonomous City of Melilla.
The City’s Gold Medal is the highest distinction of the local honors regime. In the case of the Interfaith Council of Melilla, the agreement is expressly supported by Article 6 of the Regulations on Honors and Distinctions of the Autonomous City of Melilla, which regulates the award for reasons of courtesy and institutional reciprocity.
Publication and transparency
The extract is communicated for publication and general knowledge, and informs that the agreements adopted will be recorded in full in the Minutes of the Plenary Session of the Assembly, accessible on the Transparency Portal of the official website of the Autonomous City of Melilla. This publicity complies with Article 50.4 of the Assembly Regulations (Extraordinary BOME number 10, of April 18, 2018) and Article 11.2 h) of the City’s Regulations on Transparency and Access to Public Information (BOME number 5357, of July 19, 2016).
The document is dated in Melilla on September 15, 2026, and signed by Arturo Jiménez Cano, acting Secretary of the Assembly (P.S.) and technical secretary of the Fundación Melilla Monumental, by Decree number 370 of 09/14/2026.
Institutional Impact
The award places Torreblanca Melilla Club de Fútbol at the highest level of the city’s table of distinctions, a recognition that directly reaches its fans and its sporting trajectory. The simultaneous distinction granted to the Mesa Interconfesional de Melilla reinforces the institutional nature of the session and projects the recognition onto the city’s associative and coexistence fabric.
Source: Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME), number 6415, of September 18, 2026, section I (Assembly of Melilla), page 4756 (official reference: BOME-A-2026-1041).