For the first time, in Girona, the force with the most votes in the municipal elections, led by the socialist Sílvia Paneque, does not govern. The independence movement (CUP, Junts and ERC) has agreed to add their votes, which some consider to be the last miracle (or prank) of Sant Narcís, patron saint of the city, who according to legend expelled the French thanks to a multitude of flies that came out of his grave, which attacked the invading troops. The independentistas are at odds, but in Girona they have managed to unite for the distribution of the Consistory.
The pro-sovereignty parties have obtained poor results: Junts and ERC have lost half their votes and even the CUP, which was labeled Guanyem Girona, has dropped in the number of ballots, despite which its head of the list, Lluc Salellas He is the new mayor. The electorate has punished the management of the post-convergent Marta Madrenas, who was supported by the cuperos.
The socialist Paneque has sought a pact, but has not been given a choice, despite the fact that one in four votes in the city went to the PSC. All this has happened without Paneque having told them in the middle of the plenary session that they are being darned or that they were giving a show that they will pay dearly for.
The pro-independence parties criticize what happened in Barcelona, ??as if it were not quite similar to what happened in Girona, which they believe is fair. The socialist candidate was forceful but impeccable in her speech on the day the new City Council was established, recalling that those who announce a change of course in the city are the same parties that have ruled in recent years, but with other faces, and what they have done losing economic competitiveness to the city, without addressing the problems of dirt, safety and even social cohesion.
In Paneque there was not one word higher than another, nor a speech that conveyed rancor. On the contrary, he offered to collaborate in the recovery of the city and congratulated the new mayor at the end of the event. If Trias called the pact in Barcelona a “trick”, one would have to search the thesaurus for a term – perhaps a trick – to define what happened in Girona. In the end, everything is equally legitimate, although it is difficult to explain it to the citizens. They take note
