The new regulation adopted by Compromis to prepare the municipal candidates for the 2023 elections is triggering movements in cities like Alicante. Valencians opened the door for a consensus list to be negotiated in major cities, meaning that primaries are no longer required to select candidates. With this new scenario Moon Alacant (formerly Blok), the best known face of which is that of the city spokesman, Natxo Bellidopreferred to initiate a dialogue process with the other two entities integrated into the coalition, Venture and Els Verdsto negotiate a union candidacy and therefore avoid removing the ballot boxes.
Més Alacant convened his council last night to discuss and discuss, among other things, the proposal for a primary arrangement for municipal elections, according to the formation’s statement. regulation, local groups select the configuration method from the list at the local level, that is, agreeing on whether to activate the primary process or, instead, negotiating a consensus list that must be approved later. 66% of the votes Positive from the assembly of Comprom in Alicante.
The regulation, approved by Compromis, is the Més and Initiative’s the distribution of the first two rows of nominations is guaranteed in the city of Alicante. However, the leaders and mayors of both formations in the city center Natxo Bellido and Rafa Masfailed to share number one and number two in the next list respectively. The rule requires a mailing list that allows the first two places to be reserved for women. Also a man and a woman, but not two men. Comproís currently has two councilors on the City Council, exactly Bellido and Mas. In 2019, the Venture representative agreed as a candidate and Sonia Tirado joined the second position resigning from law after being appointed Managing Director of Innovation. This is what made it possible for Mas to take up the post of released councillor.
Previously, there are changing conditions compared to 2019. At that time, Més was Compromis’ hegemonic power in Alicante, and Bellido’s leadership was practically indisputable. However, from then until now The number of venture affiliates would triple, according to educational resources. And that’s something that in the primary scenario could be a weighting factor to determine the new head of the list; although the fact that these primaries will be open to citizens, that is, not reserved for militancy only, cannot be overlooked.
At this time, neither Bellido nor Mas have taken a step to announce their intention to lead the candidacy. Of course, they did not rule out this option either. We will now see whether the Initiative will accept Més’ offer and whether an agreement can be made to draw up a consensus list. If Comproís doesn’t grow and achieve the same results as in 2019, it’s not yet clear who will risk being left out of the City Council.