In Mislata, the mayor and provincial president of the PSPV in the Valencia province, Carlos Fernandez Bielsa, will wait for the extraordinary congress call planned for March to become official. Sources indicate the announcement could arrive soon. The national committee is expected to convene next Saturday, at which point the new leadership of the party should be revealed. Bielsa emphasized that participation from the party’s rank-and-file in the internal democratic process is crucial, noting that the congress had not yet met. The national committee is slated to meet next Saturday, and a final decision will be awaited after that gathering. This statement came after the government sub-delegate was inaugurated in Valencia earlier in the day.”
The mayor of Mislata was the sole figure to take this step last weekend during the PSOE political congress held in Galicia. Observers anticipated significant moves that could clarify the party’s path forward, a future currently shaped by key figures including the regional leader of the PSPV in Alicante, Alejandro Soler, and Bielsa, who announced at that conclave the formation of a working team charged with outlining the party’s trajectory. Beyond that, little else emerged from A Coruña, with the prevailing sense that achieving consensus within the federation would require additional negotiations.
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The ongoing negotiation is tied to a timetable that has already been noted by party managers. The schedule shows February 25 as the first round of discussions; if necessary, a second round is planned for March 3. The extraordinary congress is locked in for March 22 to 24.
The Galicia convention has so far failed to produce a broad consensus within the PSPV, leaving the path forward unresolved. The aim remains to present a united front capable of facing neoliberal policies and the more assertive right-wing strands present in regional government. The leadership team is intent on building a strong, financially stable organization that can support the restoration of a socialist government in the Generalitat by 2027. Dialogue across the party ranks is expected to continue so that, as stated, the right can be pushed back from key institutions.