With so many innovations in election posters and unexpected doubts in the final result. Nothing seems settled or conveyed to both sides of the ideological spectrum in this way. Two weeks after appointment with 28M surveys. Four years later, on Friday, May 12, a new election campaign begins in the city of Alicante amid a pandemic. just repeats one headline: the mayor, Luis Barcala (PP), Desiring to reassert its privileged position for the second time after five years of local tenure, the four of which – the last – are government partners of Ciudadanos. The rest of the candidates who will lead the City Council have their first “positions” with the socialist Ana Barceló, who was the former Minister of Health at the time of the epidemic, as Barcala’s main alternative in the fight for the mayor of Alicante.
The final step towards the 28M elections, seventeen days in which everything must be said, begins with an uncertainty that was unthinkable just a few weeks ago.After the debates that arose in the epilogue of the municipal mandate, such as resignation of councilor Manuel Jiménez (PP) The controversial award of small contracts to people around him in Las Hogueras (investigated by the same judge who tried former mayor Gabriel Echávarri for breaking contracts), and Julia Llopis slamming the door The formation of the PP, which was not on the electoral list, also sparked a lot of controversy due to the low profile of its members.
It also gave a lot to talk about cessation of work on the coastal front (Mártires de la Libertad) to avoid the cost of elections, last-minute arrangements in the city (such as the renovation of the Botanical Garden after years of neighborhood complaints or washing the streets in urgent action) and the threat of strikes, as municipal officials did not pursue professional careers, a job given only four years ago. promise.
Instead, taking advantage of the final phase of his term, duo supported 2023 Trading Bonus in recent days, It is expected to go on sale next week (with places reserved for young and old people preferred). Promoting an extraordinary plenary session in the middle of the election campaign to close the backlog of problems in the City Council: From adjusting the extended Budget so as not to risk European aid for future work. Low Emission Zone (LEZ) 1.4 million free (represented) subsidy payments to forty or so social entities, including the Federation of Fogueres. Moreover, “broom session» Four urban issues became the main agenda item with the approval of the OI/2 Special Plan, which will develop Central Park and Intermodal Station after eight years of blockade.
With this scenario, the PP, which started with nine councilors and (for now) holds seven councilors, The hasty departure of Jiménez and Llopis, Vox, who is a candidate for the first time, plans to continue his duty by valuing the administration in these bipartisan years when he will need the support of the ultras. carmen robledilloHe is an unknown name in Alicante municipal politics until he appoints the mayor at the expense of the currently municipal spokesman Mario Ortolá, whose party acts as “two” on the list.
In the block on the right, PP achieved nine minutes in 2019, compared to two minutes for Vox and five for Ciudadanos as third power in the Alicante plenary session.. Despite the national defeat, the Oranges are seeking a challenge that seemed huge earlier this year, but now they don’t see it as impossible: to continue in the Alicante General Assembly. HE The head of the bill is Adrián Santos Pérez, Member of Parliament for Urbanism in this post., assuming that it will not be possible to repeat the results of the last two election appointments, aims to preserve the orange mark in the City Council: Ciudadanos entered Alicante in 2015 with six councilors (same as PSOE). five or four years later. This mandate, Cs, has become the government partner of the PP, placing itself in the shadow of the popular. The preparation of the orange electoral list with references from sectors such as the hotel industry, Bonfires or culture raised the expectations they had when estimating polls and final election appointments at other levels in autonomous regions such as Andalusia or Castile. y Leon.
And the left, which came to the election campaign in the city of Alicante with little ambition, now sees more real, less utopian possibilities of returning to the mayorship. that they rebounded in 2015 after two decades of PP governments and lost just three years later, after a raucous tripartite party that resulted in Echávarri resigning due to legal problems and causing Barcala to reach a deal. Thanks to the vote of a person who left Podemos, he thanked the Mayor’s Office.
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Socialists bought nine councilors four years ago, just two points from the PP and just over 2,000 votes. These results led Unidas Podemos and Compromís to lead on paper an opposition integrated into the progressive tribune. Both minority formations reached two mayors; this was particularly disastrous for the violets, who reached six in 2015, and the Valencians, who had three mayors.
Now the left has changed all its headlines after a mandate with a controversial exercise by the opposition. Ex-Minister Barceló, currently mayor of his birthplace of Sax, now heads a coalition proposal called United for Alicante, while presiding over a highly revamped socialist project. manolo kopeck, from Esquerra Unida, with Xavier López (Podemos) as a reference, who, four years later, was forced to step back (going in “two”) after a deal was struck between various factions of partners in the left coalition. There are also innovations in Compromís, where Rafa is present. Further, The “three” in 2019 is now the mayor.
The 28M campaign in Alicante arrived a few days later. The first election proposals began to be heard from the parties, especially PP and PSOE. The popular ones have pledged to finish off the local police station in Playa de San Juan as well as reinforce neighborhood agents. In addition, Barcala announced that if he remains mayor, the City Council will buy the old Astoria cinemas to restore its cultural use. He assured me that he would. 150 new homes for young peopleAfter hardening his talk on squatting, Benalúa will split into three projects taking place in the San Blas and Altozano neighborhoods.
for their own part, The socialists explained They will form a council of elders., unwanted loneliness plan, active aging plans and discounted gold card. On the other hand, Barceló developed a large sports city project this Wednesday in the Northern Region with an extension of 308,000 square meters around Virgen del Remedio and Villafranqueza. It also enabled Alicante to have a high-performance maritime centre.
In these decisive days, the visit of national leaders, as well as knowing all the programs Yolanda Diaz (United We Can), which will coincide with Alicante Santiago Abascal (Vox). The main action of the Settlement campaign will be held this Saturday, With Generalitat candidate Joan Baldoví, as the lead actor. Socialists had their big day with a rally a week ago. Pedro Sanchez at the University of Alicante. The national leader of the people follows in the air, Alberto Núñez FeijooWhether to participate in the Alicante campaign.
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INFORMATION has summoned the mayors of Alicante for a photo shoot where they must come with election posters and a working tool that is emblematic for their political projects. socialist Main Barcelona It came at one level: «A city that has to seek harmony and equality between neighborhoods and neighbours. You have to find a balance.” candidate citizen Adrian Santos Perez He posed with a square and a scale: “For me, these are essential tools for designing, planning and promoting the city’s transformation.” If the United candidate for Alicante is, manolo kope, He wore a construction helmet: “Beyond aesthetic reforms and patches, we want to build a new city with another model.” From Compromís, More He photographed himself with a hammer: “We have been a democratic scourge following Barcala’s policy, and at the same time we have been very proactive. We were the strongest of the opposition.” Finally, the Vox candidate, carmen robledillohe posed with a broomstick: “It is a tool for sweeping the streets of Alicante and to the left of the Town Hall.”
HE Mayor of Alicante Luis Barcala (PP), did not show up for the appointment Hours ago, the communications team reported that the councilor would not attend without further explanation.