Managing without a calculator, without evaluating the potential return or cost of choice in every decision made. Finally manage without fear. By faith. This is one of the challenges on the horizon for Alicante mayor Luis Barcala, who will be re-elected at the investment plenary meeting in Hogueras in almost two weeks. on 17 June With majority citizen support, after getting fourteen councilors at the polls (nine “his” and five “recovered” from Ciudadanos), he could free Barcala from the bonds. And now more after five years in government, which could be nine years if he completes his term, and perhaps without ambition to reach Luis Díaz Alperi because he has other difficulties in mind.
In the opening period, in 2023-27, everything will continue (almost) the same in terms of balances, after PP swallowed its government partner so far, It can prompt the mayor to make bolder decisions with the high beams on, such as encouraging Low Emissions Zone as “sold” to Europe to get funding or a green ring to have a more livable Alicante. With these it can really push the city to transform. the urgent tolls that every president must bear in search of the greater good, as soon as all previous procedures are ready, not to stop the unjustified attempt to do the work and delay the anger of neighbors, hoteliers or traders to “die for it”. to be eliminate the fear of immediate criticism in exchange for supporting projects that transform the city’s image, such as the redevelopment of environments that goes beyond just widening pavements. Or not. Nothing may change, “re-elected” citizen support may not be enough after completing a term. D.and this attitude may depend on whether Barcala is a suitor or not. To be a mayor that guides Alicante into modernity and prepares it for ever-increasing challenges. Or not.
Barcala coming back to power with a minority –in his first year as mayor and in the next four years as head of both parties– You can hold it with calculator in your hand. And the popular will need an opposition party (Vox or a group from the left) to approve it. to unblock major government projects that must pass the General Assembly, such as budgets or urban planning or regulations.
can also be BArcala broke away from his front-line attitude during this period that was coming to an end, and even more because that apparent opposition to r cannot express the mood.Publishing Botany in the Generalitat, and in 2018 he returned to the spirit he showed in the first year of his government. Because there was another version. Therefore, Barcala had no problem convening the City’s Social Council, one of the bodies not consulted in this post, or agreeing on the budget of the most radical left, Podemos and Esquerra Unida. proved from the start that everything is a matter of will. Then all this faded into oblivion.
Because governing a city is not the responsibility of the Government of Spain or an autonomous community with legislative power. A significant part of the projects in a city is shared. In this campaign, agreement was reached on the need to build. more nurseries, more social centers and more housing. The need to improve cleanliness is to finalize protracted projects (eg. San Juan Beach Police Station) or to extend sports facilities And cultural sites from the city. without forgetting to review, PGOUstructure Public Schools (along with improving existing ones) and see what works Benalúa Sur flour mill transformed into municipality.
The people of Alicante supported Barcala but did not give a blank check. He must now decide for himself how he will manage the mandate, which started when he did not have an absolute majority. Polls allow him to continue to lead a team of fourteen (including himself), which does not mean any change in numbers compared to the two-party stage. Yes, there will be an important difference: Barcala will no longer have a single line at the head of the Urban Planning Department, which will force the mayor to worry about the urban planning of the city, now yes.
And this, perhaps, The main innovation that 28M left in the city of Alicante, Disappearance of Citizens of the Municipal General Assembly, There will be five political groups. The orange formation did not get a bad result with 3.2 percent of the vote, but it did not turn out well either. 4,713 votes were insufficient to stay on the City Council. A similar number of supports, or even less (around 4,000), was what Barcala lacked to achieve the absolute majority he had always longed for. But it is not. If the Ciudadanos voters had chosen their ballots, it wouldn’t have been worth it for the PP. If the orange formation did not participate in the elections or did not receive any support (or symbolic support), The always elusive Ley d’Hondt would require the PP to add almost 10,000 new ballots, it reached fifteen councilors, compared to the nearly 60,000 counted last Sunday. Accounts aside, Barcala has thirteen companions. Whether it will also carry a calculator remains to be seen. Or not.