Ombudsman of the Public Prosecution of the Cortes of Valencia, Juanfran Pérez YurcaHe appeared for the first time since Carlos Mazzone resigned just one week before as president, and from that moment on, all the spotlight was on him. … As a potential successor to him. However, he refused to engage in “speculation” and merely stated that at the present time “no one” from the Popular Party had proposed him to be a candidate; A task that, as he stressed, is the responsibility of the national leadership.
This came at a press conference after a meeting of ombudsmen on Monday in the Parliament of Valencia, where the Secretary General of the PPCV confirmed that there was a “permanent” dialogue and “a lot of fluidity” with Genova, but they did not tell him that he was the one chosen to succeed Mazzone. In response to a direct question whether the leader of the People’s Party, Alberto Nunez Viejo, had offered him this, he insisted: “No one suggested that I should be a candidate.”
“I can’t deny that My name is on the table“, because I am the second-in-command of the PPCV and the ombudsman of the People’s Party in Les Corts.” In response to a question whether he sees himself as a candidate for the presidency of the state of Valenciana, Pérez Jurca indicated that he is still the mayor of the city of Finestrat in Alicante and warned that if this were proposed to him “he would think about it and decide,” although he stressed that within the Popular Party there are “many qualified people” to assume the presidency. Attitude.
“Let me be very careful in this answer,” he declared, “for I have a duty and obligation to the people of Finestrat.” In any case, he pointed out that the deadline set by the regional parliament extends until November 19, and therefore “candidates can be presented until that day.”
On the other hand, regarding whether he will be part of the negotiations between the PP and VOX, he stressed that he is not aware of this, although he wanted to highlight that between the PP leadership and the national leadership there is a “quite permanent” and “very fluid” dialogue. “We are the same party», he pointed out. “Legally, it is up to the national leadership to choose the candidates for the regional elections,” he stressed, although he noted that the situation in the Valencian Community is “a bit anomalous” after the resignation of the Council President, who now holds his position.
PP-Vox meetings
Regarding the meeting between the leaders of the People’s Party and Vox that was held last Friday in Valencia to negotiate the candidate to replace Mazzone, the People’s Ombudsman confirmed that he was “not aware” that this meeting had taken place, so he was certainly not “present”, although that “does not mean that it did not happen.”
Likewise, regarding the fact that the People’s Party has not yet informed Vox of its candidate, he said that it would be necessary to “ask the national leadership” of his party. In this context, he pointed out that in these cases, “you always have to be like that Discreet and discreetIt guaranteed that “upon adoption of the agreement,” “appropriate information will be provided, in both capital and small letters.”
Regarding the meal that the three provincial presidents of the People’s Party had in Valencia last Friday, he placed it in the context of the “close relationship” existing between them and that it would be “irresponsible” not to meet due to the “crisis” resulting from Mazzone’s resignation, a decision of which he was informed on the same day.
In parallel, regarding his statement as a witness on November 21 before the judge of Cattaruga, investigating the criminal case of the Dana Emergency Department of October 29, 2024, Pérez Jurca confirmed that he would be able to contribute “a little” from that day because the conversation he had with the investigated former counselor Salome Pradas “lasted only seconds.”
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