without remedy

The constitution of the Assembly, which is the governing body of the parliament, has a special importance in the legislatures. there is no absolute majority As it has been since 2015, the beginning of the mandate also left important signs about the situation of different political forces. The former Compromís coalition seems increasingly reduced to just one trademark. old block And the strong man in this new situation is not Joan Baldoví, but former Minister Vicente Marzà, with Gerard Fullana from Alicante, who lost the primaries to Aitana Mas but will now win them in the daily life of the parliamentary group. as the first aide. Marzà was the one to close the deal with Mazón, where PP voted Compromís to take a position at the Table at the expense of the PSOE. And Fullana, who paved the way with the popular Juan Francisco Pérez. The Initiative of Mónica Oltra, Mireia Mollà, Manolo Alcaraz or Aitana Mas, which gave the coalition the left-wing label that allowed it to occupy a truly important place in Valencian politics, does not exist today. Maria Josep Amigó again went from Bloc to Masa, as you know paradoxically today it is called Més Compromís. They should be the only ones who still believe in the “less is more” advertising slogan.

The far right, for its part, not only got the best deal of the signatories of PP and Vox in Spain, but it was in the Community where, among other things, it needed the votes of the popular segment the most. he hastens to tie them up, but for now, he’s shooting his toughest profiles, free from any sign of institutionalism. The homophobic and ultra-Catholic Llanos Massó, who favors a ban on abortion and euthanasia, did not come to play the role of arbitrator and mediator that the presidency of an autonomous parliament should have; be closed tomorrow The community’s second authority comes to use his position as: ideological platformsomething that those in office before him never did, neither in the PSOE, nor in the Valencian Association, nor in the PP, nor in Compromís. Unless the institution’s own strength stifles Vox’s demonstrated desire for brainwashing and the fighting spirit of its new president, the room can often turn into a battlefield where the main sniper is not in the stands from the start. from above.

Outside of Vox, PP is currently the most organized party. It makes sense: winning solves everything just as losing destroys it. And the trick of giving Compromís the necessary votes to take the position corresponding to the PSOE on a per seat basis in the Table demonstrates not only that Mazón speaks too often of pragmatism, but that the popular will not have steadfast red streaks on the subject. authority. They can’t manage without Vox, but extreme right Nor can he relinquish his hold on power, so it leaves Mazón room for many concessions at Les Corts as long as they contribute to undermining the PSOE, the only party that will always have an alternative. The only thing certain is that the PP agreed with two hostile parties on the first day. And PSOE with none.

So although there are leaks for all tastes, we still do not know who will form the first Council of the person who has been the chairman of the Alicante Provincial Assembly for the last four years. But it has already become clear that mason it has a well-armed parliamentary group with enough experience to stand up no matter what. Moreover, it does not have a compact opposition of 46 seats when it is ahead (six more seats than the PP), but there are two groups that have started to compete among themselves.

PSPV will need a lot of wits to get out of the clamp, which PP and Compromís can do. I’m not talking about the game Anguita and Aznar played against Felipe González’s PSOE years ago. I disagree with the article published in this newspaper by Emilio Soler a few days ago, because there are still people in Compromís who left Izquierda Unida at the time precisely because they were against it. But the absence of a common strategy or, of course, ideological coincidences does not mean that there is no convergence of interests, and both deal with a weakened socialism. Is that where the socialists are? What should be your role in the opposition when designing? Not for now. The votes of Mesa de Les Corts, which read the headlines on the day of his election, broke them. Ximo Puig had devised a plan in which all former ministers, except perhaps Health, Miguel Mínguez, would play a relevant role. But the PP and Settlement agreement (which Vox must have blessed) left Josefina Bueno, the so far head of Innovation and Universities, offside and, as a side-effect, left Alicante once again the only province not represented on the governing body. Chamber, because the other parties did not recommend anyone from this region for a change.

It just didn’t happen. Although in doubt at this point, political pedigree On the face of it, Gabriela Bravo is supremely stupid, the fact is that Bravo, the only socialist representative in Mesa de Les Corts, is not a member of the PSOE. And this provided ample ammo to the increasingly organized backlash that Puig was experiencing within his party. Bravo’s own actions, delaying his resignation as Minister of Justice, and asking for compliance reports that were useless to common sense and democratic practice were enough to know that leaving the Executive was the right decision as soon as he accepted appointment to the Legislature. As soon as the socialist parliamentary group started, the diluted atmosphere intensified even more. Internal messaging chats burn without firewalls, and for the first time, the emotional relationship between Bravo and Puig is used as a disqualification. It’s a relationship that goes back many years, and it’s a time they never hid but is now used as a throwing weapon. If we add to all of the above the struggle for the positions of advisers (which is not a struggle, many times it is desirable to simplify it only for salaries, but above all a struggle for control and internal power), the problem is of course, to put it mildly, important. By the way, the two highest paid consultants are exactly the ones Gabriela Bravo should be named after.

As never taking prisoners in civil wars is in the DNA of the PSOE, the firing at Puig has not ceased since the night of 28M, but the strategy of displacing him and taking over the reins of the party led by Valencia state secretaries and Alicante, encouraged by Pedro Sánchez, Fernández Bielsa and Alejandro Soler were taking shape in advance. , which confirms that Moncloa thought the Valencian Community had long been lost. Puig wants ex-minister Rebeca Torró to be the deputy of former minister Arcadi Spain, who, in a tougher and more concise speech, is a parliament speaker and a builder rather than attack. And he plans to align his seat in Les Corts, at least for a time, as head of the group, which only intervenes in major debates, with that of the senator over district appointments. But it’s clear things haven’t started well (“How is it possible that no one will see the deal between PP and Compromís?” It will be held on 23J. If Pedro Sánchez somehow manages to stay in government, Ximo Puig is politically dead: he could be a senator, no one would dispute that. , but staying here would be hell. Among other things, because Sánchez never wanted allies, but nationals and Puig neither want nor should. However, as all polls show, if Feijóo is the one who formed the government, it’s all about the seat held by the PSOE So, if so beat Or is it a disaster? In the case of the former, it will be a war with uncertain consequences in all scenarios from the federal to the national of the Commonwealth of Valencia. And if the disaster is too great, then Sánchez will not be able to stand it and his allies (Bielsa, Soler…) will remain unsponsored and therefore more exposed. And while the battle for control of the PSPV has been finalized in any case, the truth is that in this last case Puig, despite losing the Generalitat presidency, will be in favor of the person whose votes and seats are increasing and Sánchez is doing it. Negative.

In another statement he made this week, Puig was more surprised to be told about the internal problems of the PSOE than the far-right’s entry into the Valencian Commonwealth Government. He is not without reason. Journalist Miguel Ángel Aguilar warned us some time ago that current events will not allow us to see the truth. But reality has many faces, and as much as Vox is a danger to civil rights that took decades to achieve, it is also dangerous that the PSOE is re-entering a civil war that has disabled him for years, and this is still its president. The Generalitat has a small responsibility. at night 28 MillionWhen the results were announced, one of Puig’s first calls for consolation came from his friend Joan Manuel Serrat. One of his best-known lines is “Truth is never sad”. And I never agree with this part. But the continuation – “what has no remedy” is an unappealable phrase. The sooner the PSOE assumes that the government is losing, the sooner it turns the page, the sooner it opens a new roadbook, the sooner change thinking, personalism, ideas, rhetoric, and tactics strategy, the better for everyone. . Amid the crisis of social democracy, John Berger advised the left to “leave pessimism for better times”. The bad thing is that many of those who want to be mouse heads now PSPV I even know who Berger is.