The countdown begins for the constitution of the town councils after the elections on May 28. In the Vox headquarters they describe this week as “crucial”, since an agreement with the Popular Party could give the government to the right, according to their calculations, in 135 municipalities in which the PSOE -or other regionalist or independent formations¬ – was the most voted list.
And these days, until Saturday in which the consistories are formed, those of Santiago Abascal will face them with “their hand outstretched until the last minute”, but they warn that their pulse will not tremble to let that most voted list govern if there is no prior agreement with the popular. Something that, according to party sources, could be repeated in some autonomy, leading to electoral repetition.
As reported today by the general secretary of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, at a press conference, there are 135 municipalities in which the right and the extreme right can “turn policies 180 degrees”, in reference to the governments of left of the last legislature or those that could be constituted if PP and Vox do not reach agreements to prevent the most voted list from governing.
So far, agreements have been reached in a dozen locations, according to party sources. Those mentioned by Garriga: Guadalajara and Molina de Segura (Murcia). This past weekend Elche (Alicante) has joined the list.
“The negotiations are advancing; better than yesterday and at a better rate than the day before yesterday”, assured the general secretary of the ultra formation, who, when asked by journalists to specify the municipalities where agreements have been closed, replied that his formation does not intend to turn the negotiations “into a media circusâ€.
At Vox’s national headquarters, they say they are hopeful and hope to reach agreements “in 100%” of those 135 municipalities. “It is true in this key week that blackmail and pressure is very great. There are many who know that we have come to change things and they are nervous, but we are not going to lower our heads under any circumstances”, Garriga highlighted.
From the leadership of the party they insist that they have put on the table “really changing the policies” and not an “exchange of seats” in the town halls or autonomous communities. In other words, as they already warned in the campaign, they will prioritize government agreements that can be supported from within or from outside the local or regional executives. “A deputy mayor or a council is of no use if it is not to really change the policies,” he has sentenced.
