Another government deal broke out in the state. On this occasion, xixonatwo out of three councilors citizensJavier Gutiérrez and José Martínez, spokesmen for the liberals at the Alicante State Council, announced this Thursday morning that they were leaving local government and therefore breaking their agreement with Alicante. PSPV-PSOE Since September 2020, a deal has been made to coincide with the pandemic, after the Socialists took over the management of a minority, with mayor Isabel López at the helm. This new break is the second break in l’Alacantí in a few weeks, after what happened in Sant Joan d’Alacant, where the C’s and PSPV also reigned, and which is now revived after the traumatic process. Liberals do this with the People’s Party. He came to the Liberal cadres at the full “opa” of the PP and three and a half months after the election.
Although Gutiérrez and Martínez assured in a statement the reason for their departure from Executive a series of disagreements With the PSPV between them citing their disagreement over the expansion of the Piedra Negra landfill, or the latest socialist proposal for a sports centre, the truth is that this story only swells. The main reason why the orange councilors slammed the door is that they accused their so far partner of trying to sign two of the three councilors the Cs have, Martínez himself and Eduardo Ferrer, who did it. He’s more inclined to listen to flirts from PSPV, as his fact that he hasn’t abandoned the government deal confirms. “The aim was to stabilize and manage from the inside what the other government option, Compromís, was trying to detonate,” Gutiérrez says.
PP’s hand
Mayor López, who assures he heard the news from the press, sees “the hand of the PP” behind Gutiérrez and Martínez’s departure and argues that “the deal is broken because elections are approaching and there are outside interests”. In another message he sent to the Xixonians” Carlos Mazon. López also calls for calm: “The mayor is still in PSPV’s hands and the situation in our municipality will not change as the two C mayors have split.” Concerning the possibility that he may have made a proposal to members of parliament Martínez and Ferrer, he argues it is an argument from the Whig for “trying to justify the unjust.” Finally, he adds, the deal could be broken “with Gutiérrez resigning from Urbanismo last September.” “We didn’t do it out of responsibility, and now we find ourselves with this a few months after the election,” complains the councilor from Jijón.
The fact is that the disagreements between liberals and socialists came from afar and became an argument. Open secret in Xixona, so the march of Gutiérrez and Martínez would not surprise Mayor López. Since the punch and rose party, such as the one that occurred in Sant Joan less than two months ago, this move is thought to be solely due to the “takeover bid” they believe Mazón’s PP has initiated. Cs seeks to expand its presence in the centre-right, taking advantage of the orange party’s vulnerability. Ximo Puig, PSPV general secretary and head of the Generalitat, said that when the breakup occurred in Sant Joan, “once an agreement is reached, it must be adhered to”.
single list
In the case of Sant Joan, the pact blew up after the Cs, and the PP announced that they were working on a project to present a single list for the municipal elections to be held at the end of next May, when the Liberals were formed. government team with PSPV. After several days of maximum tension between the Oranges and the socialists, during which they did not cease to initiate mutual recriminations, the agreement, which in this case necessitated the formation of a new alliance between the Ks and the PP, was broken. About this movement and the liberals’ merger with their party, Mazón expressed his delight at the “homecoming” of mayor Santiago Román, confirming that “the total has grown exponentially”.
Coincidence or not, the fact is that two reps of the C’s were involved in the breakouts at Xixona and Sant Joan. Committee, Gutiérrez himself, and vice-president Julia Parra, who is also the mayor of Sant Joan. Both MPs are related to the PP in the liberal-to-popular transfer, and it has even been suggested that they may be Carlos Mazón’s next signings.
Accusations on networks: from signatures to burning nails
Xixona mayor Isabel López shared it on her Facebook wall after hearing the news from INFORMACIÓN, and it sparked an intense and controversial debate that others involved, such as Citizens Councilor Javier Gutiérrez, were not afraid to join. The MP also accused the mayor of “touching” his party colleagues, and he replied by asking him if he was still part of the liberal establishment. Other users of social networks accused Gutiérrez of “clinging to a burning nail”.