The predictable mayoress of Valencia, María José Catalá, stated that she will go to the investiture next Saturday June 17 without a closed agreement with any party (she was asked by Vox) aware that the impossibility of articulating an absolute majority to her left will allow her to govern by being the most voted list. The PP led by Catalá obtained 13 out of 33 councilors compared to 9 for Compromís and 7 for the PSPV. Vox was left with 4.
This arithmetic allows Catalá (given the particularities of the LOREG for the consistories) to attend on the 17th without any agreement with Vox. “The priority is to arrive on Saturday and for the list with the most votes to govern, which is that of the Popular Party,” he said. Of course, later, she admitted that she will have specific agreements with other parties to carry out what she described as “political agreements for change.”
The leader of the PP met yesterday with the acting mayor, Joan Ribó, to work on the transfer of government powers after the electoral results of May 28. It was a cordial meeting and marked by “institutional normality” despite the ideological discrepancies.
At the end of the meeting, Catalá gave as examples some of the first measures that he intends to promote his formation, such as a crash plan to improve cleaning, look for formulas to increase the number of police officers and lower taxes: “It is very difficult to say no ” to these issues, she stressed, convinced that she will find the necessary support to govern alone.
In addition, listing these first initiatives, the future mayoress indicated that she has asked the acting mayor for a report on the situation of the major issues as well as of each council at the same time that she has asked him if a government meeting is held that do not exceed the powers of a government in office.
Along these lines, he pointed out, as he did last week through the deputy spokesperson for entry registration, that if there is any municipal government meeting this week, which could be, “it should be limited to ordinary processing issues without exceeding what that the regulations establish as powers in a transition period or in an acting government such as the current Valencia City Council”.
For his part, the acting mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, announced that he has already ordered all the councilors of his municipal group to work on the transfer of powers “to facilitate all the transmission of data and all important elements to make the changes of jurisdictions and competences”.
During their meeting, Ribó and Catalá talked about important issues such as the Marina de València or the European Green Capital, which the city will assume in 2024, among other issues.
In fact, the first acting mayor lamented “with nostalgia, that in 2015 a similar transfer did not take place, since it is very positive, for a person who reaches the address of a city as important as Valencia, knowing all the data and all the parameters of the previous government”.
