The 22 ministers of the new term are known this Monday Government of Pedro SánchezThe province of Alicante remained unrepresented in the nucleus closest to the president. There has been no minister from Alicante or with ties to the province since Pedro Duque left the administration in July 2021, and we will have to continue to wait. Valencia’s share continues in the hands of Diana Morant, who has expanded her powers by continuing to lead Science and Innovation and has now added the Universities portfolio. While this fact was emphasized by PSPV-PSOE, the lack of influence of Valencian politicians from the right in the Sánchez Government was criticized.
The province has had many ministers since his arrival. democracySome are by birth and some are settled in or have close relations with the municipalities of Alicante. Along with Duque, Pedro Solbes, Javier Gómez-Navarro, Bernat Soria and Leire Pajín served as ministers in the PSOE. Along with PP they were Eduardo Zaplana and José Manuel García-Margalló; To these we need to add Federico García Trillo, who is at the top of Alicante’s voter list but whose origins are from Cartagena. Luis Gámir was previously minister of UCD.
The PP was saddened after the identities of those who would surround Sánchez were revealed. no “exceptional” Valencian presence and that “deterministic” portfolios are not full. Generalitat president Carlos Mazón stated that in the new composition of the Executive “there is no room for comprehensive, deep or significant consideration, ambition or preciousness.” At the same time, the president of the PPCV criticized the “ignorance of the Valencian Community” and left a message for the former president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, who, despite being in many pools, could not finally become a minister. “I think this is a difficult day for him and I want to respect that fact,” he said.
Toni Pérez, provincial leader of the PP and president of the Provincial Council, emphasized from Alicante: PSPV’s “irrelevance” and described the structure of the Government as “bad news” for the state. Toni Pérez defended his diagnosis by the fact that Teresa Ribera continued as vice president and minister after “denying water and cutting off water supplies.” In the same vein, he also mentioned the fourth vice president and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, accusing her of a “blatant underfunding of the province of Alicante.”
PSPV’s Arcadi España, deputy spokesman for the Cortes, assessed that the Valencians were “very well represented” with Diana Morant for expanding their powers and confirmed that the “Valencian agenda” would be fulfilled. Alejandro Soler, PSPV’s provincial secretary in Alicante, spoke in the same vein regarding the minister, saying that the Government “will be sensitive to the Valencian agenda” and Alicante province“will consider financing.”
The Valencian agenda is also Compromís’s source for evaluating the Sánchez Government. His ombudsman in the Cortes, Joan Baldoví, demanded reform. financing system, investments and debt forgiveness. Vox Alicante recently touched upon the statements of national and regional leaders. In this sense, Consell’s first vice president, Vicente Barrera, criticized the executive having 22 ministers, noting that it was “more of the same”.