Mayor of Alicante, popular Luis Barcala, aims to become the next president Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FVMP). The Alicante councilor is no longer part of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) and has set his sights on the autonomous body he plans to take over from Eldense Rubén Alfaro. The FVMP was controlled by PSPV, but as a result of the regional and municipal elections held on 28 May, and especially after the change in the Valencia State Council, the presidency will fall into the hands of the People’s Party, among others. Despite its successes, it retains the government of the four most populous municipalities of the Valencian Community, Valencia, Alicante, Elche and Castellón, and three state institutions.
barçala He is running to head the FVMP, a goal that has some obstacles. The first and most important of these is that Carlos Mazón, president of the Generalitat Valenciana and also popular, is also from Alicante. Defending this concentration of power in the state would be complicated, even among the popular ranks. It is worth remembering that in recent years, when both the Generalitat and the FVMP were in the hands of PSPV-PSOE, the regional president, Ximo Puig, was from Castellón, while the president of the federation, Rubén Alfaro, was from Castellón. Alicante Now that both Mazón and Barcala are from Alicante, it may cause discomfort in some sectors.
The sources consulted by this newspaper also state that there is a high probability that the FVMP presidency will be assumed by a woman. In this sense, looking beyond the province of Alicante and excluding among the major rivals from Barcala the mayor of Valencia and the former general secretary of the PPCV, María José Catalá, who recently became part of the FEMP leadership. The mayors of two of the most representative municipalities of the province of Valencia, who assume the presidency of the FVMP, appear: torrentAmparo Folgado and Xirivella, Paqui Bartual. In both cases, as with the regional government, it becomes clear that these are governments in coalition with Vox.
Decisive
PP also took control Valencia Provincial CouncilUnder the leadership of Vicente Mompó, he decided that the FVMP would fall into the hands of the popular. Ens Uneix, the party of former socialist Jorge Rodríguez, was key to this movement. In fact, Rodríguez himself was considered to lead the FVMP as part of the negotiations in the Valencian state institution, but this option was rejected today. In fact, the Valencian State Assembly was in the air until the last moment, until finally the Ens Uneix agreement with the PP left the socialists no option to preside over the institution.
FVMP will be created at next week’s meeting. The councils have a great importance in determining the distribution within the Federation. In this sense, the votes of town councils, provincial councils and associations according to their population are taken into account. Because the PP took control of the Valencia Provincial Council, regardless of the positive result it achieved 28 million choicesThe balance of the FVMP is also tipping in favor of the popular ones, which will prevent socialist Rubén Alfaro from continuing as president after eight years at the helm, even though he intends to continue. He will remain in office if his party retains the federation.
FVMP members vote according to their population. For example, municipalities with a population of up to 250 have one vote. Those with a population of more than 500,000 have 150 votes. Meanwhile, MPs also have the same number of votes. state capitalsplus 25% additional. The three councils of the Valencian Community are in the hands of the PP, which allows the federation’s president to change.
As for the main pending challenges of the FVMP, European funds and policies to tackle population decline Renewing the staff of different administrations, where a significant number of workers are on the verge of retirement, pose major problems for the institution in the short and medium term. The next board of directors who will leave office next week will be responsible for them.
A meeting was called for next Wednesday
The assembly in which the next president of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces will be elected will take place next Wednesday, October 4. Alicante mayor Luis Barcala’s name is one of the names appearing in the pools, along with Torrent and Xirivella councilors, but for now the mystery regarding the vice mayors remains. The only thing that is accepted is that one of these vice presidents will be on the board of directors of an institution that acts as the spokesperson of municipalism on behalf of PSPV-PSOE.