Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, Juanma Moreno since he was a candidate for the Andalusian government that he presides over today, is in a good situation, except for one thing. The latest survey known this Monday places his party, the PP, at the top of voting intentions compared to an Andalusian PSOE at low times and a Vox which increasingly threatens the absolute majority it collected after the collapse of Ciudadanos. And that, being the favorite in the run-up to regional elections, is good for the ego, even if it is perhaps not as good at the polls.
In this context, and on the occasion of the publication of his book “Manual of convivencia: la via andaluza”, in obvious contrast with the “Manual of resistance” of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, he offered an interview with those who only have space in the pre-electoral stages to the magazine El Español aimed at the female public: Magas. “An informal interview, a quick portrait,” explains the interviewer.
The best thing about Lorena G. Maldonado’s interviews is that she doesn’t hold back on descriptions. Once established that the interview, more than journalistic, is personal, because the control of political power does not facilitate slow conversations, we know from the journalist’s text that Moreno Bonilla is “nice, not funny”, “pleasant” or that “he drank pints and listened to Siniestro Total”. Who won’t love it?
“Being pivotal” is “his thing”, and that’s why Juanma Moreno “is not a thug” but rather a manager who has a lot of ideology. Of course, he seems to be someone “trustworthy” at the same time. However, this position, which is often said to be “the one who makes the man”, has now made him “a new cool guy”, who also happens to be “very indie” in his own words.
This, coolly, allows Moreno to recognize, after insinuating that he has “secret skills” with which he seduced his wife, that “the erotics of power exists”: “We are not going to deny it, that would be a lie.” And he explains it to us: “When you have a preeminent position where you are in the spotlight… you are a more interesting person. A priori, a person who leads an Autonomous Community and you see her in a speech, in a conference or in a book… seems more interesting to you and that makes people, in this case women, approach her with interest.” Just in case, he hastens to point out that this does not mean that these are “false interests”.
Such revelations from an entire regional president, notably the one who heads the most populous autonomous community in Spain, were logically brought to the front page by the journalist. A headline that was modified at 11:50 a.m. as follows: “Sánchez’s ambition was already visible when he was young. He was very handsome, but I also defended myself. Now he is sullen and dark, he does not tell the truth.” The election of the first incumbent president did not go well in San Telmo.
The title sparked numerous comments on social networks, among others from the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, who asked “that everyone draws the appropriate conclusions” in the midst of the debate on machismo after cases of sexual harassment that appeared within the Socialist Party but also in the Andalusian Popular Party or in Extremadura.
Moreno Bonilla says his partner is “doing well” with the interest of some women in him, which has adapted over time. But he also recognizes “that he has already been disturbed” and remembers a situation on the beach of Tarifa in which two young women took a photo with their faces pressed to his and said goodbye to him “with a few hugs…”, to which his partner reproached his “little shame”.
The Andalusian president also opens up throughout the interview to acknowledge that there is “a lot, a lot, a lot” of pressure in politics and acknowledges that he has consulted a psychologist on some occasions. “I work much better with women than with men,” she says, after which she points out that saying this will cause problems. “But the fact is that the level of commitment of women is higher. And the level of sacrifice. And the level of loyalty,” he says, adding: “I have been betrayed less by women than by men.”
Perhaps he is referring to the fact that, when he began to lead the Andalusian PP, “there was a series of media that did not really welcome me with applause, but with hostility, and there was a series of political leaders of my party who received me with hostility”.
But since such seriousness is not necessary, let us return to the eroticism of power. Juanma Moreno believes that she has “little” beauty. “There is no need To say that I’m not handsome, I look at myself in the mirror and that’s enough”, and he continues: “you can be attractive overall, attractiveness is many things. It is more important to be attractive than beautiful, it is a consolation for me to satisfy myself. And in case anyone wants more details, he’s a Taurus.
Something must make the ego grow when you’re in power. As an example, one of the responses from the leader of the Andalusian PP. After describing himself as someone who avoids extremes, he assures that “some say that I am the last representative of centrism in Spain and that if the Andalusian route does not work, we will go to a black and white country”.
Juan Manuel Moreno describes himself as a liberal “in the broad sense of the term”, speaks of “redistribution of wealth” while incomes of more than 120,000 euros have doubled since 2018 in Andalusia or affirms that he feels neither left nor right and that “ideology must be removed from management”, because “everything is ideologized and it is negative”.
As bonus trackJuanma Moreno remembers that she met Pedro Sánchez when they were both rank-and-file deputies at a night meeting on Radio Nacional de España and had dinner regularly every week. “Sánchez was a typical young man with political concerns. With ambition. I had already seen his ambition…”, says the “popular” politician, who also says that he was “very handsome”.
And he compares the Sánchez he met with the one he sees now: “the Sánchez of today is unsociable, he’s a little dark, he doesn’t tell the truth, he lied repeatedly and constantly, he’s not consistent in anything, and so he’s an untrustworthy person at the moment. This Sánchez I see now, manipulative… I obviously don’t like him.”
The screening crisis
Although the interview took place on November 20, although it was published this Monday, the president of the Junta de Andalusia made some references to the breast cancer screening crisis which is affecting the popularity of his government and his party in the autonomous community. He recognizes that it is “uncomfortable” to have as “enemies” the women of Amama, the Andalusian association of breast cancer patients, and emphasizes that “on the first day” he asked them for forgiveness.
He admits that “there were 2,317 cases of delay in information”, but then assures that “the information was manipulated a lot” and that “these are women who need a second examination and, 90% in a single hospital…, and this led to the indictment of five people”. “I made decisions and I made a shock plan, we are going to put 100 million more in the projections,” he adds.
Of course, Moreno Bonilla claims to have “a clear conscience” because, when he arrived in government, “there were fewer screenings than today” or that colon cancer screening was integrated.
The victims of this situation do not entirely agree. Anabel Cano, victim of screening in Andalusia, spoke to its president this Monday: “You are killing us and I am not going to be silent”, two days after the President of the Council reduced the number of people affected by cancer screening errors to 1%, or thirty women. Victims say there could be dozens of other people affected.
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