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During the local elections of 1966 Zufía stood as the candidate of [[:es:Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica|Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica]]. He and two other HOAC contenders were elected. Zufía was nominated one of deputy mayors and elected as president of Comisión de Hacienda.<ref> López López 2009, p. 35</ref> In 1967-1969 he served in Comisión Permanente of the ayuntamiento.<ref> María del Mar Larraza Micheltorena, ''El ayuntamiento pamplonés en el tardofranquismo'', [in:] ''La Transició de la dictadure franquista a la democrácia'', Barcelona 2005, p. 77</ref> He soon earned his name as the person who engaged in numerous community-oriented initiatives and became known as member of “grupo social”.<ref> López López 2009, p. 35</ref> Some of his initiatives, marked by the anti-regime flavor, triggered reaction; the 1968 conference on human rights was suspended by administration.<ref> López López 2009, p. 36</ref> The same year Zufía refused to sign a manifesto which condemned the [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] bombing attempt during [[Vuelta a España]]; he explained he could not have signed a document which endorsed the regime. In return he was dismissed as [[Deputy mayor|teniente de alcalde]],<ref> Larraza Micheltorena 2005, p. 77</ref> which in turn triggered some minor public protests.<ref> López López 2009, p. 35-36</ref> In 1969 he was fined 25,000 [[Spanish peseta|ptas]] for irregularities related to organisation of the massive Montejurra rally.<ref>Francisco Javier Caspistegui Gorasurreta, ''El naufragio de las ortodoxias. El carlismo, 1962–1977'', Pamplona 1997; ISBN 9788431315641, p. 334, also ''Diario de Burgos'' 13.05.63, available [https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1000457646&posicion=7&presentacion=pagina here]</ref> In the early 1970s he was reinstated as deputy mayor when nominayed the 5th teniente de alcalde,<ref> López López 2009, p. 35-36</ref> and he again entered Comisión Permanente of the ayuntamiento.<ref> Larraza Micheltorena 2005, p. 77</ref>
[[File:Members of the Pamplona ayuntamiento speaking to Partido Carlista militants.jpg|thumb|Zufia (3fR) as city councilor, 1968]]
In the late 1960s the progressist faction of Carlos Hugo marginalized the Traditionalists and took control over the Carlist structures nationwide. None of the sources consulted lists Zufía as a protagonist in this confrontation. On the one hand, he cultivated Traditionalist features when engaged in religious initiatives, be it as member of Consejo Pastoral or Junta Diocesana Económica; he even drafted new economic scheme for local parishes, the plan well received by the archbishop.<ref> López López 2009, p. 37</ref> On the other hand, his social endeavors in the ayuntamiento – e.g. support for so-called Plan Sur,<ref>Plan de Ordenación para el Sur de Pamplona, or Plan Sur, was about developing large areas in the south, including residential quarters, green areas, commercial centres; as the estate remained mostly in in private hands, expropriation and forced takeover would have been involved, López López 2009, pp. 36-37. For detailed discussion of urban planning and the role of Zufia in the Pamplona town hall see Zuriné Sainz Pascual, ''El despertar de una conciencia ciudadana a través del urbanismo: el Ayuntamiento de Pamplona 1966-1976'', [in:] ''Geronimo de Uztarriz'' 23/24 (2008), pp. 123-174</ref> a massive development project targeting southern outskirts of Pamplona and opposed by the establishment<ref> López López 2009, pp. 36-37</ref> - were perfectly in line with the progressist line, advanced by Carlos Hugo. As member of the Navarrese regional party executive Zufía supported expulsion from Carlist structures of the [[Joaquín Baleztena Ascárate|Baleztena brothers]]<ref> ''El affaire de „El Pensamiento Navarro”'', [in:] ''Montejurra'' V/53 (1970), p. 15</ref> and later admitted having been fully supportive of the radical left-wing turn, engineered by the carlohuguistas.<ref> López López 2009, p. 41</ref>
 
==Rise to Partido Carlista command (1971-1976)==