The crisis that broke out between the PSOE and Ciudadanos in the Sant Joan d’Alacant City Council after the Liberals’ decision to go hand in hand with the People’s Party in the next municipal elections may have consequences beyond the presumed rupture of the two parties. this population and this The resulting conflict highlights the government agreements both entities maintain in six other municipalities in the state., especially in Castalla, Benejúzar and Granja de Rocamora, where the mayors were in the hands of the oranges, and in Orihuela, Xixona and Daya Nuava, where they supported the first socialist mayors. Cross-charges are constantly running in a spiral with unforeseen consequences at the moment.
The climate that exists in the Town Hall of Sant Joan d’Alacant is almost unbreathable. Incumbent mayor Santiago Román has been indicted by the ranks of the PSOE since it became known that the People’s Party and Ciudadanos were negotiating a joint list for the upcoming elections. violate government agreementfor this, they demand that he submit his resignation or return the mayorship to them. Liberals, on the other hand, accused the Socialists of starting the election campaign long ago and forgetting to run it, which led them to accept the PP’s offer to work together with the election thinking.
With this situation, the conflict threatens to blow up the current San Juan administration, but it could also have repercussions in Ciudadanos and six other municipalities in the state where the PSOE maintains government deals, starting with those that count with mayors. orange formation. This is the case of Castalla, here Antonio Bernabeu has completed his second term as speaker of parliament and has already been re-elected as a candidate. With the same abbreviations for the elections held in May.
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Also in Benejúzar, Ciudadanos has been the Mayor for over a year. It is Rosa García who holds the command, thanks to an agreement between the two formations. they had to share the chair for two years. The third municipality in contention is Granja de Rocamora, where Javier Mora presided over the City Council following his 2019 election victory. Although the PP also signed him for the next elections.
Apart from these populations, there are three others of which Ciudadanos are also part of municipal governments that support PSOE mayors. The most prominent and also the newest is Orihuela. In the capital of Vega Baja, PP and Ciudadanos began to rule together, but The discrepancies that emerged in this agreement caused the Oranges to turn their backs on Emilio Bascuñana and eventually promote the socialist Carolina Gracia to mayor. last April, with a no-confidence motion backed by Cambiemos Orihuela.
On the other hand, in Xixona, Socialist Isabel López runs the country thanks to the support of a Ciudadanos municipal group headed by Javier Gutiérrez, this formation’s deputy and former provincial coordinator.While at Daya Nueva he was in charge of the PSOE’s Pablo Girona, his biggest support during this period was the liberal María Teresa Martínez for the first two years.
Well, the crisis in Sant Joan d’Alacant has clouded relations between the two sides and created tensions that have now been transferred to the government agreements of the remaining municipalities with unforeseen consequences. Socialist sources have expressed confidence that what has happened will not affect the manageability of these populations, in line with statements made last week by Generalitat chief Ximo Puig, as the PSOE is “compliance with its commitments”. . Of course, currently a a party that is in a segregation phase and has very different criteria when making a decision.
Antonio Bernabeu, mayor of Castalla and member of the orange formation regional committee, is also confident that there will be no backlash. “We have good relations with PSOE in the Municipal Council and we work in coordination with the municipality.. “Local politics have nothing to do with the tensions at a higher level,” he said.