Tense calm in the PSPV waiting to know the decision of the former president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, about his political future and, therefore, that of the party that, together with Compromís and, later, with Unides Podem, governed the Generalitat Valenciana during eight years. A decision that many consider “personal” – hence the difficulty of making it – but that will have undeniable political consequences in the PSPV that is trying to get back together after the shock of losing the Consell in May of this year.
Precisely this reflection on the electoral defeat in the regional and municipal elections that has not yet been done – half a year later – in the highest body of the party between congresses will be done this Saturday, for which, finally, a National Committee has been convened. Few clues have been given about what will happen in this internal conclave, although there is a great desire to speak on behalf of a part of the PSPV that does not share the way in which the first months in the opposition have been faced. From Puig’s entourage they limit themselves to remembering that “committees are always important” and that there is still a long way to go until Saturday. The fact that the executive scheduled for Monday was canceled has added even more expectation.
However, not even those most critical of Puig expect the secretary general to resign, despite the fact that some of his former collaborators believe that if he accepts the position as OECD ambassador in Paris that was mentioned to him at the time, the option of calling a extraordinary congress would gain strength.
This being the case, it is suggested that the most feasible option is for the former president to leave his role as deputy in Les Corts to focus on his work in the Senate and pilot a smooth transition to an ordinary congress. What no one knows is when he can take that step. It may be in the National Committee or in the executive that will be held next Monday, where everything seems to indicate that the name of the next ombudsman of the parliamentary group will be announced after the departure to the Government of the previous spokesperson, Rebeca Torró, and her deputy. , Arcadi Spain.
The various sources mentioned agree in underlining that the current Secretary of Organization, José Muñoz, is “the best positioned” to take the helm of an inexperienced group made more for tasks of supporting the government than to oppose the PP and Vox executive. .
Despite the PSPV’s intention to open a new stage, it is also not clear that Puig will resign his seat on Monday, although everyone assumes that he will do so in a short period of time. In case there were more ingredients missing, the Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, will be this Friday and Saturday in Valencia and Alicante.
All these questions have plunged the party into a situation of confusion and a certain pessimism, which has not been helped by the “scare” of the positions of secretaries of state in Madrid de Torró and Spain, which had been designated to battle on the day. a day with Carlos Mazón.
And all this while the general secretary of the PSPV of Alicante, Alejandro Soler, allows himself to be loved and shows himself willing to assume greater responsibilities in the party. An impetus to which they respond from the province of Valencia with a saying: “He who enters a Pope, leaves a cardinal.” Along these lines, critics of Puig point out that the former president “is amortized” and that “we should not push him toward the exit door.” For this reason, they remain patient until the organic debate is opened so as not to convey the image that the PSPV is returning to its old tricks and internal muggings.
As explained by the party’s deputy spokesperson in Les Corts, María José Salvador, who yesterday had to act as the voice of the parliamentary group in the face of the power vacuum. “Puig is general secretary of the PSPV at the moment, in the same way that Pedro Sánchez is of the PSOE, and there is no open congressional process, so when the processes come, each one will make the decisions they have to make.”