The PP is trying to cover up the transfer of a position at the table of the Valencian Parliament to Vox, which will certainly be one of the first conditions for the far-right party to support the inauguration of the popular Carlos Mazón as president of the Generalitat. At the first meeting of the contact group with the parties that gained parliamentary representation in the last regional elections, the PP proposed to the socialists that all formations have a representative at the table. The five positions in this body of Cortes depend mathematically on the results obtained in the elections and in this case three would correspond to the PP and two to the PSOE. The people’s proposal is that both cede their position to the other two formations with representation, Vox and Compromís. In this way, the MPs wanted to present these concessions as a plurality and at the same time try to force the socialists to share their positions with the compromises.
For the time being, the PSOE has not thought about what it will do with its two seats at the table, but it does not seem ready for the PP to decide how to deal with them and disguise them as a “plurality” so as not to admit it one of them will have to be handed over to the extreme right.
Acting Minister of Finance Arcadi España, Minister of Territorial Policy Rebeca Torró and Vice-President of the Autonomous Parliament María José Salvador attended the meeting between socialists and representatives of the people, which took place this Thursday in the Valencian Parliament. The President of the People’s Party and election winner Carlos Mazón, his campaign manager Miguel Barrachina and his Deputy Organization Secretary Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca attended on behalf of the PP.
At the meeting, the PP also asked the PSPV to abstain from voting for Mazón as speaker of Parliament, as Barrachina says there is 35 points of agreement and the programs of both parties are the same. The PSPV has reiterated its refusal to abstain from his inauguration, believing the populace will eventually form a government with Vox due to the “many similarities” they see between their platforms.
Spain has assured that it is the PP that “is obliged to form a government” and that “no one would understand” that the Socialists abstained, which is why it has demanded that Mazón say “as soon as possible” whether he will consell wants to share with Vox. For their part, the “popular” have bemoaned this “resounding no,” insisting that their aim is to form a “stable, transversal” government and move away from “bloc politics.”
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