Vox had made the battle against Valencia CF’s largest shareholder, Peter Lim, – whom it even described as an “enemy of Valencia” – one of the pillars of its speech at the capital’s City Hall. A position that was lowered after the entry of the far-right formation into the government team of the popular María José Catalá. However, this Wednesday, without first communicating the content of his proposal to his partner in the corporation, the municipal spokesperson for Vox, Juanma Badenas, has once again attacked Lim and has announced several initiatives to keep him away from Valencia CF. .
Badenas’ appearance, just before holding a meeting with the mayor and a day before the club’s Shareholders’ Meeting, has made clear the discrepancies between PP and Vox regarding the new stadium. What happened in the previous legislature is repeated, where Compromís and PSPV were not clear about the roadmap to try to force the resumption of the works.
In fact, the spokesperson for the far-right party has indicated that its position “is the same as always” while “he does not know what the position of the other part of the Government is.” Of course, he has acknowledged when asked by journalists that he had not conveyed his intentions to his party colleagues in the Consell, where Vox holds the Culture and Sports portfolio. It seems evident that Badenas is on his own, and even more so in this matter.
The Vox spokesperson has indicated that his municipal group will demand from the City Council and the Valencian Government “a new agreement to proceed with a subsidiary execution” that would allow the current promoter to be removed from the construction of the stadium. Badenas has defended that the work of the new Mestalla could be put out to tender without charge to the council. “It would not cost the City Council a euro,” he indicated.
It was not the only dart that the second deputy mayor has thrown during his short appearance. Badenas has assured that the construction license “has already expired” and that only one administrative act of the Consistory is missing, which is why he sees it as very complicated that an expiration that “by law has already occurred” was not declared. He has even hinted that otherwise illegalities could even be incurred.
Along these lines, he has ruled that, with respect to the urban planning documents, his party will vote against or abstain “if they represent a hidden renewal” of the license. He assures that this way his councilors will be exempt from possible judicial consequences. A warning to sailors.
