The extraordinary congress of the PSPV that is being held today in Benicàssim could be the calmest of a federation accustomed to confrontational conclaves with many political victims. Because the new leader of the party, also Minister Diana Morant, is approaching positions with all the families of Valencian socialism to form a consensus executive that will be approved on Saturday. In fact, all the sources consulted by the organization pointed this out yesterday.
Yesterday, Morant finalized the organizational chart of the new organization that will be designed to be a “combat” executive to carry out opposition “from the first minute” to the PP and Vox government of the Generalitat Valenciana chaired by Carlos Mazón. For this reason, the profiles that will make up the executive positions will be militants “who can dedicate a lot of time to the party and with close complicity with the militancy,” according to these sources.
Sources from the teams of the provincial secretaries of Alicante and Valencia, Alejandro Soler and Carlos Fernández Bielsa, also pointed out yesterday that the talks are going in the right direction. The objective is that today an agreement can be reached at least in the main positions, some of which have already been awarded, such as those of Soler and Bielsa, as president and vice-secretary of the PSPV, respectively. The key piece, Organization, will probably also be announced today.
As this newspaper already reported, the congress will be attended by several members of the Government. President Pedro Sánchez will join the presence of Pilar Alegría and María Jesús Montero at the closing. Sources close to Diana Morant pointed out yesterday that the greatest success will be to avoid any scenario that would cause difficulty in reaching an agreement. The executive will be announced on Saturday at six in the afternoon, and it is expected that it will be completely closed long before.
Furthermore, the PSPV leader wants there to be a weighted representation of territorial power, provincial and local structures and institutions where the party is represented. It is likely that this implies that the executive will be broad, but it is suggested that this body will be completely equal, which may be the only problem in fitting some names proposed by the PSPV families.
The congress will begin today with a municipalist conclave. On Saturday morning Diana Morant will be proclaimed and it will be the moment of farewell to Ximo Puig, who has led the party for twelve years. Yesterday, in a letter to the militancy of the former president and current ambassador of Spain to the OECD, he thanks the support received over the years and points out that “I believe it was the right time to update our political proposal, renew teams and relaunch the alternative that the PSPV and the Valencian Community needs it.”
Ximo Puig also states that “we have contributed decisively to the governments of President Sánchez. We have been the Valencian political force with the most votes in five elections. And we have managed the most complex period of self-government: the pandemic, with recognition from the citizens that we have always will accompany”.
The letter concludes by pointing out that “it has been an honor to represent, along with thousands of militants like you, this social democratic, federalist and Valencian project. I take a step forward full of memories and also hopes. Convinced that soon, very soon, it will be “new avenues will open.”
Sunday will be the turn of the big interventions. Diana Morant will present her strategy for the PSPV in the coming years, and finally Pedro Sánchez will conclude the appointment.
