The first major conflict between the two majority groups in the Alicante Provincial Assembly (the government team, the People’s Party, and the PSPV-PSOE team, leading the opposition) was overcome within a few days. Popular and socialist They could not agree on the distribution of representatives of the state institution to different autonomous units subordinate to the State House, among them the Suma Gestión Tributaria, the Costa Blanca Cultural Board or the Gil-Albert. PSPV accused the PP of imposing its absolute majority in the Provincial Assembly in order to limit its presence in these bodies, putting it in many cases on the same level as other opposition groups Compromís and Vox. This is taking into account that the socialists have thirteen deputies, alongside the Valencians and one from the ultras.
previous meeting
The meetings held before the extraordinary general assembly meeting held this Friday morning to determine the deputies who will be part of the autonomous formations served to resolve the differences between the people and the socialists. All this means that all proposals submitted to the plenary session, a short session lasting only ten minutes, were unanimously approved. In fact, there was almost no intervention at the plenary meeting, only the socialist spokesman. Vicente Arques. “Forms are important. We cannot wait until the last moment to hold general assembly meetings. The mayor of L’Alfàs del Pi also told the president of the State Assembly, “We will all try to work with a little more time.” Tony Perez, who took up the challenge: “We are seeking dialogue and consensus to foresee the holding of plenary sessions. “It is not easy to balance the agenda of 31 MPs.”
This Friday’s plenary session served to approve the appointments of provincial agency representatives who will be part of different regional waste consortiums. Gil-Albert from the Tourist Board, Suma, ADDA and MARQ foundations. The only change approved during the session, other than the initial proposal, was that the popular Ana Serna, the first vice president, would not eventually become part of the Gil-Albert board. Finally, this position will be filled by a representative of PSPV, which has two members at the cultural institute, the popular MP David Aracil, and the spokespeople of Compromís and Vox, Ximo Perles and Gema Alemán. majority of autonomous organizations.
Board of Directors
Members of the Tourist Board’s governing council will be the popular Juan de Dios Navarro, Bernabé Cano, Marina Sáez and Lourdes Llopis, Perles, Alemán and two socialist deputies who have not yet announced their representatives. Also in Suma, the popular Navarro governing council will consist of Carlos Pastor, Perles, Alemán and a socialist MP. They will be from ADDA and MARQ foundations bosses Aracil, Llopis, the also popular Cristina García and two socialist MPs. All of this was approved unanimously in a brief white glove session in which PP and PSPV put their disagreements behind them. While the socialists complained that their presence in these formations was decreasing, the popular ones justified their presence by giving Compromís and Vox more say and accused the main opposition group of trying to obstruct the functioning of the Chamber of Deputies.
After the plenary session, Arques celebrated the “excessive” agreement on the distribution of provincial bodies: “This agreement is an example of how well things can be done in terms of understanding representation in the Provincial Assembly. According to the election results.” Arques emphasized that PSPV’s job is to “oppose, monitor and be aware that the Provincial Council is doing its job well, so it is important that the PP does not undermine our duties.” Socialists pointed out that there was a proportional distribution of representation in the bodies subordinate to the Provincial Assembly. work rules and that representation was preserved after a “tough” negotiation. “The PP is beginning to understand what our role is and that the path of dialogue is the best way,” the Socialist spokesman added. On the other hand, the socialist group Firemen’s consortium voted against it. Deputy Ismael Vidal announced that “consensus was not reached, in this case the PP exceeded its target.”