The Valencian Courts, an institution created in the 14th century by Jaume I and a paradigm of plural Spain, has had a Vox president since yesterday who does not believe in the Autonomous State, who is anti-abortionist, ultra-Catholic, who fully rejects the unity of Catalan and the Valencian, combative against any idea of ??the “Països Catalans”, who accumulates statements against the LGTBI collective and who is in favor of the “parental pin”.
As a result of the pact between the PP and Vox, Llanos Massó, 57 years old, was elected yesterday the second authority of the Valencian Community in the presence of Santiago Abascal, who attended the meeting to underline that the Valencian pact is the model to continue in the rest of the autonomies and that it is even a reference for a possible future government agreement in Spain between the PP and Vox. The ultra party has guaranteed itself a powerful speaker in the Valencian Community with this presidency.
The election of Llanos Massó responds to the conditions signed in the agreement with the PP and its president Carlos Mazón. The pact handed over the Presidency of the Cortes, a vice-presidency of the Generalitat with competences in Culture to the former bullfighter Vicente Barrera, and the ministries of Justice and Agriculture. That agreement left control of the strategic ministries – Education, Health or Social Welfare – and more than 92% of the budget of the Generalitat Valenciana in the hands of the PP, but gave entry to Vox, a party that has managed, so far, to offer glimpses of his ability to dominate the Valencian scenery.
In his first speech, Llanos Massó defended the “loyalty to Spain and the unity” of the nation and promised to defend the Valencian Community “against any attempt to engulf its culture, trade with its natural resources, punish its financing or kidnap the liberties of their compatriots”. In a brief speech, Massó affirmed that it is a “duty” of the public powers to “protect women” and, therefore, “denounce” the policies and laws that “threaten” them, such as those that release or reduce punishment for rapists and sexual offenders. “Never again can a woman under the supervision of the Generalitat be endangered by heartless men and women,” he asserted in reference, without citing him, to the case of the abuse of Mónica Oltra’s ex-husband. He avoided recognizing gender violence.
The constitution of the Valencian Cortes yesterday brought a surprise that confirmed the rupture of the Valencian left. A secret pact between Compromís and PP allowed the Valencianistas to occupy a position on the Mesa de Les Corts. The right-wing bench gave Maria Josep Amigó the necessary votes (18) to overcome the PSPV candidate. A tight 32-31 caused the four groups in the chamber to have a representative on the Table: Two the PP (vice president and first secretary); one Vox (the president); one the PSPV (second vice president) and one Compromís (second secretary). The operation of the PP with Compromís generated deep discomfort in the PSPV. The acting Minister Arcadi Spain regretted that the legislature begins with a pact between Compromís and the PP. “It is clear that the only alternative to PP-Vox is the PSPV,” he said.
The next Valencian president, Carlos Mazón, justified his party’s pact with Compromís so that they have a representative in the Mesa de Les Corts who does not like “sanitary cordons” and has made “an effort for plurality”. “What happened this morning has to do with plurality,” he added about the PP and Compromís agreement for which the former voted for Maria Josep Amigó as second secretary of the Board.
Thus, he defended that by offering his votes to Compromís it has been achieved “that the Table is plural, that it represents all the groups” and added that “it could not be otherwise”: “We said it from the beginning and we stand by it now We don’t like sanitary cordons, much less at the referees’ table.” “We have made an effort of plurality and with the conviction that all the parties had to be represented, this was not the case in the previous legislature and this time we did have the numbers,” he added.
However, the Compromís deputy Vicent Marzà denied any agreement with PP and Vox to achieve representation in the Les Corts Roundtable, and stated that there is “nothing in return” for the PP’s support for this presence. At the same time he promised that the Valencian coalition will be, “against the worst government, the best opposition.” “How is there going to be a pact if wherever Compromís is there is going to be the maximum opposition, also from the Mesa de Les Corts? of the right and of the ultra-right,” said Marzá, while denying that he was grateful “in any way” to the PP
