Pedro Sánchez last week announced a cabinet with a “high political profile”, and Diana Morant, the only Valencian to maintain this cabinet and gain power, opened the parliament accordingly yesterday, presenting a more political speech with a customary portfolio. to a whiter line. The Minister of Science and Universities is ushering in this second phase in Government by announcing a multi-billion dollar investment in science and coming into conflict with the Valencian Administration with the autonomous governments of the PP for whom he demands accountability. Thus, the opposition against Carlos Mazón’s Konsell goes one step further in its work.
Morant sat in La Moncloa’s press room after the Cabinet announced a 1.085 million euro investment in calls for research. The Socialist took advantage of this speaker to demand from his department the budget improvement of recent years and that the autonomies (mostly governed by the PP) make the same effort to comply with the Science Law prepared by his Morant.
“We have changed the trend in the last three years, but not only the State Government or the private sector, but also the autonomous communities have an obligation to comply with the law,” said the leader of PSPV. It will be “vigilant” to ensure that the autonomies allocate “sufficient budgetary allocations” in this regard that will allow “the model of insecurity left by the PP to be replaced”.
Morant returned home and focused his criticism on PP and the Vox Council, shaming them for eliminating the Science Department.
Morant’s continuity in the ministry and the loss of power of the Valencian left after 28M make him the main institutional reference of PSPV, and he began to play this role yesterday from La Moncloa’s press room. “We will monitor the budget items,” the minister said in his speech, which served as a warning about his new political role.
Change in PSPV delegation
Morant spoke after the Council of Ministers yesterday morning, and in the afternoon it was revealed that he had resigned from his position as an MP, and Víctor Camino, general secretary of the Socialist Youth, also from Valencia, took the seat. Morant will be one of the socialist ministers who quit his seat to focus on Government work and prevent the (very solid) Executive majority from losing votes or setting ministerial agendas.
The minister was at the top of Valencia’s PSPV list, which won five seats. Coming in sixth on the ballot, Camino was on the borderline. However, with Morant’s resignation, he will be able to join the socialist platform. This will be his first corporate position after two years leading Juventudes.