The history of the PSPV congresses during the opposition period was written in the Politics pages, but could have been published in the Events section without the reader finding it irrelevant. With rare exceptions, popular Valencians kill themselves before asking Isabel Bonig, but arrive at their meetings with a single candidate. Socialists, by contrast, have a proven track record of over-the-top Kabulist struggles. Many claim this is proof of the vitality of the party. I won’t say no. But since the political projects advocated by some and others almost never differ, except in nuances, it will be necessary to conclude that the priority is struggles for power and personal squabbles.
This is the situation PSPV is currently facing. Palau lost again. And with that he lost his footing. Will history repeat itself or will this party, which was capital in the construction of the Valencian Community, manage to overcome its suicidal tendencies for the first time? As of today, the answer to this question is not clear. On the contrary, they follow the same steps as always, which shows that they can step into the ring as always.
This ending week began, as suspected, with the formation of the new central government. Ximo Puig He is not on the list as a minister. Is it because Sánchez wants to “mistreat” the community and therefore doesn’t give it more weight? No. These are old wives’ tales. The Comunitat has never been involved with the central Government, neither in the times of the UCD nor since, and this is not the fault of the person in Madrid who decides who is appointed and who is not, but rather the failure of Valencian society as a whole. Why wasn’t Puig qualified to handle the Regional Policy portfolio as predicted? He had a lot of them.
This is just political logic Pedro Sánchez goes another way. This is to continue to make a special match for you. And Puig never follows this logic. According to the figures obtained, PSPV achieved a good result in the May 28 elections. There was an increase in the number of votes and seats. However, he lost the elections in terms of both votes and seats. And Consel. So it went to the “organizations to renew” folder. If we add to this that Puig always remained loyal to the federal project that Sánchez represented, but there was never any chemistry between the two, the die was cast. Puig’s mistake was to allow his entourage to create false expectations, leading to his “failure to make an appointment” to be interpreted as another slap in the face of the PSOE federal leadership.
There are some things going on here that need to be noted. First: Puig He no longer has a majority within PSPV. It may seem obvious to highlight this at this point, but it is remarkable news if you take into account that he became president of the Generalitat six months ago. Second: their competitors don’t have this either. There are those who say that the former president of Consell’s troops now have about a third of the vote; So is Mislata’s flamboyant new mayor, Carlos Fernández Bielsa; and those of the provincial secretary of the party in Alicante, Alejandro Soler, same part as others. Give some of what is left to the forces of former Minister Ábalos and you will get the full account.
These are not very consistent numbers. Bielsa and Soler With the help of federal leadership, they rise and Puig falls. But above all, he had the hot flash of not being able to preside over the Valencia Provincial Council, and from then on his space was narrowed. And Soler won the province of Alicante, although it has grown since then. In any case, no bloc has a majority, so at least two will need to agree to take control of the party.
In recent weeks there have been attempts at rapprochement between Puig’s sector and Soler’s, and displays of personal harmony between both. The offer is very clear and logical. Soler and Bielsa are fighting on the same field. Soler at least wants to become general secretary. He believes that not only his time but also Alicante’s time has come, and on the latter he is probably right: apart from the prehistoric period (Joan Pastor), the Alicante PSPV has never had a general secretary. Bielsa, on the other hand, wants to become general secretary and run for the presidency of the Generalitat. However, although he is the president of the party in the state of Valencia, his kingdom is nothing more than regional for now.
So Puig is in a better position to agree with either as long as he takes on his own case where there is no majority. He may offer Soler the position of general secretary. We will see later what name was proposed for militancy in the Generalitat primaries. Diana Morant or someone else, but not yours. All this in exchange for respect for the “hard core” of so-called “ximism”. While this isn’t finalized yet, it’s an option Soler can’t rule out. And that sounds too linear in a game with a penchant for curves.
In 1996, Joan Lerma resigned from re-election due to her resignation. Felipe González As general secretary of the PSOE. This began a period of successive civil wars: They purged Joan Romero when the electoral fences were about to be drawn, they improvised with Antoni Asunción to make fools of themselves, Pla had to raise a rebellion and repeat the congress to become general secretary of Alarte, Puig’ He narrowly won another congress against and lost the next four years later, amid serious accusations… The result? I’ve been warming up the bench for twenty years. Does PSPV want to spend another twenty bucks looking at its navel now? They all say no. But the PSPV dynamic is once again a cursed one. And no one agrees on the timing: Puig’s circle continues to argue that the congress is more than a year away from being held, while others are speculating on the possibility that the former head of the Generalitat will be appointed to an institutional position that he himself will not take. It was his organic responsibility to be harmonious, and so he had to relinquish it. This means holding an extraordinary congress with the statute in hand. In any case, if Puig does not allow himself to be blinded, he will know that it becomes more and more difficult to maintain his position: how many times he will want journalists to ask him when he will give up his position. Will you live in Corts? Is this erosion of the fundamental asset that socialists continue to have necessary?
Federal Secretary of the PSOE Organization, Santos Cerdan, he has work next weekend. He will attend an event with Soler on Friday. On Saturday, he will do this with Bielsa. Ximo Puig will be at both events. If it helps, I will remind Santos Cerdán of Zapatero’s time as soon as he was elected PSOE general secretary. A few days later, he met at a dinner with several Valencian socialist leaders, including former council member Segundo Bru. Luis Berenguerand senator Angel Franco. He asked them: “Can you explain to me what’s going on in PSPV, I don’t understand?” Segundo Bru replied: “Easy, José Luis. PSPV is governed by the principle of ‘give me a name, I’m against’. “It’s no longer a mystery.” The only thing missing is that Santos Cerdán, who lost their autonomy under Sánchez’s presidency but was inflated after holding La Moncloa, came up with a name and blew up the powder keg because he wanted to put out the fires. It won’t be the first time someone from Madrid comes to have fun either.