The PSOE Federal Committee, the party’s highest governing body, met this Saturday not only to approve the reshaping of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s hard core, but also served to address the call and schedule for the primaries and the preparations. Process regional and municipal candidates.
Sánchez wants to stop the growing pressure from PP candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who has accelerated the nomination process that began in September. The new calendar states that nominations will be submitted from September 19-20, announced on the 28th, and voting on October 9, with a possible runoff on the 16th.
After these dates, a second window will be opened for the candidates to present themselves until 20 November, which will be finalized on 11 December and nominations will be finalized after this day. The selection of local candidates from among the socialist militants will be held in municipalities with a population of more than 20,000, a total of 65 people in the Valencian Community.
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In principle, there shouldn’t be too many “surprise tricks”, especially in cities where the PSPV already has a mayorship. In total, 39 of the 65 Valencian municipalities with a population of more than 20,000 currently have a socialist mayor or mayor, who will often return to defend their party’s candidacy if they do not stop running for a new post.
Frames where the control stick is not held by PSPV may raise more suspicion, as is exactly the case in the two most populated cities of the Community of Valencia. In the case of Valencia, where the mayorship belongs to Compromis, thanks to an agreement with the socialists, the natural candidate is Sandra Gómez, the current deputy mayor, city council spokesperson and PSPV-PSOE general secretary in the city. He has the support of both Puig, who was the socialist candidate for cap i casal in 2019 (he came in third behind Compromís and PP) and the city’s socialist militants, who chose his secretary-general last April for applause. unanimous execution. In theory, Ferraz also supports his candidacy to get the tough spot in Valencia, but in recent weeks some “alternative” names have emerged in the form of rumors or trial balloons.
Thus, given the information that the PSOE even plans to promote socialist ministers of government to the top of the list of this formation in major cities like Valencia, Gómez said that his party’s candidates were “selected by their militants, as well as open primaries”. “Therefore – as he stated last June – the Valencian candidate will be chosen by Valencian men and women”.
The panorama in Alicante is more convoluted, and the uncertainty of who will run for mayor in May 2023 is increasing day by day. What is clear is that Francesc Sanguino will not run again.
Along with this scenario, other names emerged for the socialists to try to take the mayorship from the PP. There has been talk of Ana Barceló, the current spokesperson for the Cortes and former Minister of Health, or Josefina Bueno, the newly appointed Minister of Innovation and Universities.
“This legislature will be a point and the next legislature will follow”
José Muñoz, Secretary of the PSPV-PSOE Organization, said yesterday that “the socialists of Valencia are facing a great power and with an exciting project, the final phase of this legislature” will be a point, and then the next one will come, we are very keen to continue to lead, and we are very keen to continue to lead and do the best to achieve it. we have the team and the best leader Ximo Puig. IT.”