“Compromise will not vote for any Vox candidate to renew the statutory bodies”. Compromís spokesman Joan Baldoví expressed this forcefully in an informative breakfast. Nor does it seem that the socialists have any intention of facilitating the pending changes in up to six institutions – Consultative Legal Council, Valencian Culture Council, Transparency Council, Valencian Media Corporation, University Council and Audit Office – after the PP will stop an agreement that was very advanced a few months ago.
The PSPV explains to La Vanguardia that they also have no intention of “whitewashing the extreme right” and it does not seem that the socialists are in a hurry to renew some bodies after the PP blocked them.
Both Compromís and the PSPV admitted this morning that the PP had contacted them to invite them to negotiate. Baldoví’s idea is for the opposition to act together and it seems that they are going along the same line, which will make it very difficult for the popular parties to approve the changes he intends.
The Ombudsman of Compromís has advocated this morning seeking a three-way agreement between the parties that do believe in these statutory institutions: PP, Compromís and PSPV. A pact that would leave Vox out of the equation, a possibility that seems difficult for Carlos Mazón to accept given that Santiago Abascal’s party is his partner in the Valencian Government.
The problem that the PPCV has is that with the extreme right it does not have a majority to undertake any change, since a reinforced majority is necessary in this type of vote. Thus, without the help of one of the two left-wing parties – which seem to be betting on formulas unacceptable to the new parliamentary majority – the renewal of these six bodies is impossible.
In the socialist ranks they do not see much of a problem because now, at a time when the PP is committed to “questioning” some institutions such as the Valencian Language Academy (AVL) or the Anti-Fraud Agency, the statutory bodies continue to function without problems. And they remember, something they also do in Compromís, that the longest blockade is the one maintained by the popular at the national level with the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CPPJ), pending since December 2018.
