For some, too bland, too distant, all the result of poorly concealed shyness. For others, the new councilor of the PP has a serenity and temperament that prove that he is the great manager that the city needs
Jose Luis Sanz (Seville, 1968) a more personal video was made when he launched his candidacy to be mayor of his city. “I can seem like a serious guy and I am & rdquor ;, he said in a spot with images of the PP candidate in a small Nazarene dress, at the Fair, playing in the María Luisa Park in Seville or posing on their wedding day. That has always been his letter of introduction, his seriousness and defense of the most classic city, of traditions. He was mayor of the Sevillian town of Tomares (25,000 inhabitants) for 15 years and chained several absolute majorities. “Sevilla has given me an opportunity and I will not disappoint & rdquor ;, he proclaimed after securing his victory in an appearance with Juan Manuel Moreno.
Sanz, a graduate in Economics and Business, was years ago Genoa’s favorite to lead the Andalusian PP until Mariano Rajoy’s finger chose Juan Manuel Moreno. Far from putting together a critical front, he withdrew into the Tomares mayor’s office and dedicated himself to working, although the ‘Malagueña’ leadership of the PP landed in Seville never quite trusted him. Later, the now mayor was designated candidate in Seville by Pablo Casado before the PP exploded into the air. That aroused even more misgivings. Not without sweating it, won the president’s support Andalusian, resentment and distrust were closed, there was no other remedy, and he has been called the entire campaign as “Juanma’s candidate in Seville & rdquor ;.
He is convinced that in the capital of Andalusia there is a lack of management and direction and there are too many photos. He aspired to have the vote of many socialists, he says, who already supported the PP in the regional elections and he has achieved it. The transfer of socialist voters that Moreno obtained has been consolidated in Seville, although not only in Seville.
The one who will be mayor of Seville has political attributes that can be sold positively or negatively. for some too bland, too distant, all fruit of poorly concealed shyness. For others, the new councilor of the PP has a serenity and temperament that prove that he is the great manager that the city needs. In Seville, the dual city, there are two types of brotherhoods during Holy Week. There are the bustling ones, those of the virgins and the Christs with music and shaking in their steps. Then there are the serious ones, those from Rouen, those that have a vow of silence and procession without fuss. Sanz, who is the brother of San Isidoro, is undoubtedly a Sevillian of the second type, far removed from folklore. As a Sevilla supporter of football, he is almost the only red that he embraces because he has always been a very PP man.
What is clear is that Sanz wanted the baton of command and for months, every time he was greeted in the city, he said goodbye with a “I am going to be mayor and you know it & rdquor;. Now the polls have forcefully confirmed it. The one from Sanz towards the Seville town hall has been a long distance race. His officially began in October 2021. A 600-day campaign, pointing out potholes, dirt and damage in the streets of Seville. A job that in the final sprint seasoned with a clear call to overthrow the Government of Pedro Sánchez and Unidas Podemos with the vote of the municipal councils. Seville had established itself as a symbol of change in Spain and the PP has given everything to achieve it.
Was a young ‘cub’ of the PP in the times of Javier Arenas and he went through organic positions of maximum responsibility of the party in Seville and Andalusia. He joined the PP in 1990 and since then it has been everything in his party. That temper that characterizes him has allowed him to fit in, perhaps not with a smile but with discipline and without fuss or ‘vendettas’, everything that politics has put before him. When in 2007 Arenas entrusted him with the mayor’s office of the Sevillian town of Tomares, something that many saw as a punishment or nonsense, Sanz accepted it with discipline and managed, against the odds, to seize the baton of command. From there he became one of the most voted mayors in Andalusia for a whopping 14 years. “Tomares made me better,” says Sanz when asked. He is now fulfilling a dream, although he will not express it with laughter or tears, but with his trademark sobriety.
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