For the first time, Girona is not governed by the force with the most votes in the municipal elections, led by socialist Sílvia Paneque. The independence movement (CUP, Junts and ERC) has agreed to add their votes, which some consider to be the last miracle (or mischief) of Saint Narcís, patron saint of the city, who according to the legend expelled the French thanks to a multitude of flies from his tomb, which attacked the invading troops mercilessly. Lately, the pro-independence parties have been fighting each other, but in Girona they have managed to unite for the distribution of the Consistory.
The pro-independence parties have obtained bad results: Junts and ERC have lost half of the votes and even the CUP, which went with the label Guanyem Girona, has dropped in the number of ballots, and despite everything, its leader, Lluc Salellas, is the new mayor. The electorate has punished the management of the post-convergent Marta Madrenas, who was supported by the Cupaires.
The socialist Paneque has sought a pact, but she has not been given a choice, despite the fact that one in four votes in the city went to the PSC. All this has happened without Paneque telling them in plenary to bomb them or that they were putting on a show that would pay dearly.
The pro-independence parties criticize what has happened in Barcelona, ??as if it is not very similar to what has happened in Girona, which they believe is a matter of justice. The socialist candidate was forceful but flawless in her speech on the day of the constitution of the new City Council, remembering that those who announce a change of course in the city are the same parties that have ruled in recent years, with different faces, and which have made the city lose economic competitiveness, without addressing the problems of dirt, safety and even social cohesion.
Paneque did not speak a word louder than another, nor did he make a speech that conveyed rancor. On the contrary, he offered to collaborate in the recovery of the city and congratulated the new mayor at the end of the event. If Trias called the pact in Barcelona broken, it would be necessary to look in the dictionary of synonyms for a term – perhaps mischief – to define what happened in Girona. In the end, everything is equally legitimate, even if it costs to explain it to the citizens. That they take note.
