The tight electoral result of 23-J means that the vote of the only deputy from the Canary Islands Coalition or the five from the PNV are key for any candidate for the investiture. In this context, Compromís wants to assert its two seats in Congress to wrest clear commitments from the new Prime Minister with the Valencian Community. This is how both Àgueda Micó and Alberto Ibáñez expressed themselves yesterday in Madrid who, when going to collect their deputy minutes in the Lower House, showed that they do not take “nothing for granted until there is a political negotiation”.
For Compromís it is key that, before presenting himself for a possible investiture, the socialist Pedro Sánchez assumes the Valencian agenda -autonomous financing reform, debt forgiveness, territorial investments based on population weight…- in order to deliver his two votes. All in all, it seems difficult to think of a scenario where the socialist candidate does not get the support of the two Valencian parliamentarians.
Compromís-Sumar drew four deputies in the July general elections, but the one from Alicante belongs to Yolanda Díaz’s party and the third from Valencia, to Esquerra Unida. The latter, Nahuel González, will follow the voting discipline of Izquierda Unida, which does not seek to differentiate itself from Sumar, although US sources explain to this newspaper that this is not incompatible with defending Valencian interests, “which is fully shared by all Add, as Yolanda Díaz herself has been manifesting on successive occasions: financing, language, investments, skills, etc.”.
Thus, they argue that “there is no position of Compromís or IU, the Sumar group will debate each issue internally and there will be a single position as a parliamentary group.” Despite this, in Compromís, they remember that they have voting independence within the parliamentary group that Yolanda Díaz will lead.
The role of González can serve, precisely, as a point of union, since the US is interested in getting along with Compromís, a partner that now seems more attractive electorally than Podemos for the future. The purples announced on Monday the closure of their territorial headquarters after the economic debacle of the regional and municipal governments and they have disappeared from the Valencian political arena since they stayed out of Les Corts by not exceeding the electoral barrier of 5%.
In this scenario, Compromís is negotiating with Sumar how their entente is articulated within the parliamentary group. Sources from the Valencian coalition explain to La Vanguardia that their demands are, precisely, voting independence -which would allow them to put pressure on the PSOE- and the legislative capacity to take the lead on issues that affect the Valencian Community. It does not seem that there is an intention to fight either for a deputy spokesperson in the group -it will be necessary to see if confederal subgroups are formed- or for occupying a position on the Congress Table. Nor will there be a battle for a ministerial portfolio if, finally, the left retains the Government of Spain.
It must be borne in mind that the Valencianistas have the strength that two deputies can have in a group of 31 parliamentarians.
