The new president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorcaseparated a hypothetical call for regional elections in the Valencian Community from a possible advance of general elections by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. “That would be irresponsible,” he said.
The head of the Consell was interviewed this Tuesday by Radio Valenciawhere he addressed various current issues a week after his inauguration. About a possible electoral lead At the national level, he said this would not involve anticipating regional elections.
Pérez Llorca also felt that his predecessor Carlos Mazon He assumed his responsibilities by resigning and, regarding the possibility of demanding his deputy certificate, he stressed that he could not “make a personal decision without taking into account what the party statutes establish.” “The minutes were not given to us by the party, but by popular sovereignty. We must therefore be very respectful of the schedules and the rules,” he expressed.
The Alicante leader defended that Mazón “has assumed his responsibility, the highest responsibility, which is to resign”, at a time when, according to him, “it is difficult for a politician to have the humility to recognize his mistakes or even ask for forgiveness”. And he stressed that in this sense, his party, the PP, “was exemplary”.
“We knew how to recognize our mistakes, we knew how to ask for forgiveness and we assumed the corresponding political responsibilities. The Minister of Emergencies resigned, the regional Secretary of Emergencies resigned and even the President of the Generalitat himself resigned,” he said.
In this regard, he insisted that the PP must “pay great respect to the judicial investigation“is underway in the Catarroja court and indicated that when the judge “draws her conclusions, we will see what conclusions she will draw and we will adopt the measures and positions that we must adopt based on what the party statutes establish.”
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Another aspect that was discussed is the replacement of Mazón himself as president of the Valencian PP: “Núñez Feijóo and I would like this to be resolved before Christmas”. Furthermore, he stressed that among his priorities “does not include the convening of the regional congress. “I don’t have a planned date, there are more important things.”
About the former president’s intention Francisco Camps to run in the 2027 regional elections, Pérez Llorca limited himself to expressing that “he admires his optimism to obtain the absolute majority, to beat Vox”. “I have great respect for him and it would not occur to me to say anything against him. He was treated unfairly. I spoke to him, he was cordial. And I take this opportunity to say that I love myself contact Ximo Puig and Joan Lerma,” he added.
Likewise, Pérez Llorca defended his investiture agreement with Vox and the arguments of the Abascal formation on issues such as irregular immigration: “It is a problem for Spanish and Valencian society. It’s obvious. During the inauguration debate, I copied a sentence according to which the left accused me of being Abascal and this sentence came from Salvador Illa. “There’s a lot of hypocrisy on the left.”
The head of the Consell also assured that it was not a headache for him to have the budgets postponed to the following year: “I don’t see myself being overwhelmed. I would like to have them, yes. “The situation is different from that of the Spanish government of Pedro Sánchez.” Regarding the latest corruption scandals of the PSOE and the “Salazar Affair”Pérez Llorca harshly criticized the Valencian leaders: “As a Valencian, I fear that there is a Valencian like Ábalos in these cases of corruption. The “Salazar case” is disgusting and appears Pilar Bernabé and Rebeca Torró, number three and number two of the PSOE, who seem to have covered up these events. Politics lacks humility and does not recognize its mistakes. Not only does it cost them dearly, but they hide it. “I am surprised that these facts are not in the hands of the prosecution.”
Finally, he spoke about the relationship between the Generalitat and the Valencian Language Academy: “I am a defender of the AVL. We must take care of it, the institutions cannot be called into question. There are things I would change. Valencian must be protected, but I see that the Spanish Language Academy is introducing new vocabulary and adapting to what is happening every day. The AVL must be more flexible, the Valencian spoken in some regions is not the same as in others.
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