representatives of Vox They will attend the gala for the first time Goya Awardswill take place next February 10 at the Valladolid Fair and will also Politicians from other parties such as PP and Sumar will also attendAs sources from different parties confirmed to Europa Press.
Especially politicians Vox Those participating belong to the Junta de Castilla y León and the Valladolid City Council, who are invited as representatives of the regional government where the awards are held. Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Juan García-Gallardo and President of the Cortes Carlos Pollan will also attend the gala.
Also Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports Gonzalo Santonja and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Gerardo Dueñas. As for the City Council, Vox will be represented by the deputy mayor and the councilor responsible for Education and Culture. Irene CarvajalCouncil Member Responsible for Public Health and Citizen Safety, Alberto CuadradoAs well as the Council Member for Trade, Markets and Consumption, Victor Martin.
For the first time, the Goya Awards organization invited Vox to its annual gala in 2020; but on this occasion the leader of the group, Santiago Abascal, refused to participate.
A year earlier, in 2019, Vox had complained that the Spanish Film Academy had not invited them to the premiere, and the party had published a message on its Twitter account dedicated to the organization and questioning its public funding.
“We wanted to recommend you to make a film about the glorious history of Spain., Blas de Lezofor example… because the Spaniards would return to the cinema and stop asking for subsidies,” they wrote. Moreover, further criticism came from different leaders in successive editions in which they were also invited and given awards. They did not attend.
The Film Academy announced that the invitations were sent to the leaders of the main formations in the parliament and that Vox had not yet entered the Congress in February 2019. The then president of the Academy, Mariano BarrosoIn this sense, he pointed out that other parties such as Compromís, ERC or Bildu were not invited.
Urtasun, Yolanda Díaz or Borja Sémper
The presence of officials and politicians at the Spanish film awards gala has been commonplace for years. In fact, next February 10 will be the premiere of the movie. Ernest Urtasun as head of Culture at this event. The minister will be accompanied by the second vice president and the Minister of Labor. Yolanda Diaz.
On behalf of the PP, the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, will attend, while at the national level the PP’s Culture spokesman and deputy secretary will be present. Borja Semper.
Currently, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has not officially confirmed whether he will attend an appointment for which he has been present on other occasions. But last Wednesday, Sánchez met with industry representatives to analyze Spanish cinema’s “big moment” and wish them “good luck” ahead of Goya.
Royal Household, absent since 2000
In past years, the red carpet of this event has hosted leaders of the main parties, such as Sánchez himself or PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo (last year). José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero He was the first Head of Government to attend the gala in 2005.
As for the Royal House, the last presence of any of its members was in 2000, when then-Prince Felipe VI of Asturias attended a gala where he was sung “happy birthday” and encouraged the rest of Pedro Almodóvar. participants.