Socialists enable selection mode. Led by Pedro Sánchez, the party has accelerated the process of preparing candidates for the next municipal elections scheduled for May 2023. The approved calendar to nominate roster heads foresees that the names will be approved before the end of the year. Candidates to lead city councils. Although the conditions have not yet been formally implemented, there are twelve mayors in the province of Alicante who have already received the green light from the PSOE Federal Committee to return to the project to lead the project in their fields. municipalities. Ferraz spoke: All those old people in charge of towns in Turkey. Population over 20,000 can repeat as mayor without having to go through any primary processes, that is, without appealing to leadership. The instruction shows that the votes obtained in the appointment made in the previous ballot box, ie the possible militant decision of 2019, outweighed the candidate election. And this is something that represents an unexpected firewall in the Alicante region against civil wars in certain groups.
The state has 26 municipalities with a population of more than 20,000, a dozen of which are headed by socialist councilors. All have the endorsement of Sánchez’s party to once again lead the nominations, according to the agreement passed by the PSOE Federal Committee. Among them, those of several county seats. They are Carlos González, the mayor of Elche; Toni Frances of Alcoy; that of San Vicente del Raspeig, by Jesús Villar; Orihuela’s councilor, Carolina Gracia; Rubén Alfaro, mayor of Elda; and his Denia colleague Vicen Grimalt. Also, the first mayors of La Vila Joiosa, Andreu Verdú; of Villena; Fulgencio Cerdan; de Petrer, Irene Navarro; Fran Martínez of Novelda; José Chulvi of Xàbia; and l’Alfàs del Pi from Vicente Arques. They have the possibility to repeat as the top of the list, and in principle all are expected to take the glove and stay ahead. At the end of the day, they are asked to be able to maintain the propensity to vote, a formula for which the Prime Minister is fighting for his own survival.
Specifically, the document setting out the schedule of primaries and the selection of candidates for 28 May 2023 establishes that, as a general rule, it is appropriate to hold primaries in towns with a population of more than 20,000 unless the PSOE is part of the Government, which is a socialist. person occupies the presidency and this person chooses to be re-elected.
The continuity favored by the highest body of socialists in nomination helps clear doubts in some of the province’s hotspots, and also opens up the possibility of seeing elders as number one on the list. to the relevant council. So, at a time when Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s PP is trading on the rise, according to all polls, groups are being forced to row in the same direction, putting aside internal blows. One of the most important scenarios was recorded in Elche. Much has been written about the possibility that González could seek a third term with the approval of the local group. In the term ilicitano, the party is controlled by national MP Alejandro Soler, loyal to the ximista bloc, who is affiliated with the first current of sanchismo and not exactly too close to the alderman. In fact, González campaigned for secretary of state Toni Frances, the candidate who faced Soler in the primaries, and eventually lost that civil war.
The pools of alternative candidates to Elche’s current mayor have been stable, but now the Federal Committee’s crackdown is helping to dispel doubts. As long as González wanted to repeat, he would have a completely free path from Ferraz’s tenure as follows; In such cases, it highlights the fact that the candidacy led by the councillor in the previous elections received almost 37% of the voter support. Top Rated A different question would be that if he becomes the headliner in the end, he might have the capacity to make his own list.
Secretariat, in the air
Orihuela is another term that appears to be unclear about the direction the group can take in the face of the nomination of candidates for local elections. Vega Baja county seat is the only town where the Socialists do not celebrate the renewal of organic leadership at the local level. The terms set by the PSPV coincided with the no-confidence motion that promoted socialist Carolina Gracia to Mayor in April of this year. At that time, Ferraz agreed to postpone the primaries to the party’s general secretary in Orihuela, where Gracia was scheduled to confront Antonio Zapata, a former councilor linked to the Alexandria current. Well, although this process was expected to restart before the summer, it did not. Now, the PSOE’s decision to retain mayors as candidates leaves Zapata completely out of the ballot and denies any possibility of substitution in the city council candidacy.
San Vicent del Raspeig is another of those settlements where the federal PSOE directive ended any possibility of internal revolt to get the top of the list. The group recorded a staggering legislature to the point where the administration was impacted at the time, due to the internal opposition experienced by the mayor, Jesús Villar. It is true that the candidate supported by parliament member Asun Paris won the primary against Miguel Ángel Mora, the candidate closest to Soler, and took over the reins of the party’s local secretariat. In a way, this was a result that strengthened the mayor. However, it was not at all clear that the candidate would be elected without a primary election in the face of the municipal elections.
The nomination process established by the Federal Committee, on the other hand, does not clarify the situation of the Socialists who take part in the municipal administrations consisting of coalitions of parties, even if they do not hold the position of mayor. There are three cases in the province of Alicante and serving a population of more than 20,000. In Crevillent, José Manuel Penalva serves as the first deputy mayor and Compromís is the leader. It is he who controls the party on an organic level. In Altea, Miguel de la Hoz Sellés acts as the spokesperson for the socialist group that co-rules with the Valencians. In this case, the control of the group is in the hands of the general secretary, Anna Lanuza. In San Joan d’Alacant, Jaime Albero was mayor during the first half of the legislature, and last year transferred the Mayoralty to Cs, thanks to a management agreement passed at the beginning of his term.
The agenda set by the PSOE determines that, in municipalities where 9 October coincides, the first will be the date. However, PSPV will request that the call be delayed by a few days as it coincides with Valencia Community Day. It is currently unknown where these processes will take place, if one is held. The motto of the socialists is to avoid internal elections whenever possible and to continue the trend of signing agreements. It’s all about unity, to avoid transmitting an image of division when what you want to project is the opposite. Even more so after the electoral coup in Andalusia.
The deadline for submission of nominations is set for September 19-20, and there are three major cities where the party has been called to reach agreements to support candidates trying to improve results. Alicante, Benidorm and Torrevieja are the key names.
Ximo Puig and all regional leaders repeat
The leadership of PSPV-PSOE general secretary Ximo Puig was definitely consolidated at the beginning of the party and there is no doubt that he will be the candidate of the next regional elections, which will all coincide with the municipal elections. , on May 28. However, the roadmap that Ferraz agreed on to organize the nomination of the head of the list for the next elections protects the district heads, just as it does for the mayors of towns with a population of more than 20,000. The internal document approved by the Federal Committee establishes that socialists who preside over autonomous communities have the right to re-run as candidates without going through a primary process. PSPV-PSOE was the party with the most votes in the last election, receiving almost 24% of the vote and 27 seats, eight more than the second power, the PP. The heads of the regions that will participate in the call for elections, as candidates of Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Asturias, Aragon, La Rioja and Navarra, have the right of way.
Source: Informacion
