The general secretary and leader of the PSPV, Ximo Puig, has proposed to his executive the election of the acting Minister of Territorial Policy, Rebeca Torró, as spokesperson in Les Corts. The socialist leader will be in charge of leading the main opposition group and confronting the new coalition government that PP and Vox will form shortly.
The Socialists have waited until the last moment to set up their parliamentary group that will register this Thursday (last business day) and will start the clock for Mazón’s investiture. For this legislature, which is expected to be tense and marked by the entry of the ultra-right into the regional government, Puig has opted for a sharp profile like that of the minister who has been gaining prominence in recent years, above all, as a result of the good result of the negotiations that have ended up bringing the Volkswagen gigafactory to Sagunt. The one from Ontinyent played a decisive role in this process and was already number two for Ximo Puig on the list for Valencia in the last regional elections.
The leader of the PSPV reserves the honorary position of president of the group, which will allow him to participate in important debates. As he has already published this newspaper, Puig’s idea is to make the seat in Les Corts compatible with that of territorial senator.
Torró will be seconded in this work by the other great name who sounded like a favorite to lead a parliamentary group with many new faces; the still Minister of Finance, Arcadi Spain. Although he has always sounded like Puig’s dolphin, his calmer profile and a man of consensus in a context like the current one generated some doubt.
Spain will be deputy spokesperson, as will María José Salvador who, after four years at the Mesa de Les Corts, can play a key role as she knows well how a parliament works where the socialists are no longer the government and have to fight with their former partners of Compromís who are comfortable in the role of denunciation and opposition. The former mayor of Xàbia José Chulvi will also be deputy, who is the only one of the previous group leadership that follows with respect to the last legislature.
