“I want to communicate that I have accepted the mandate of the citizenry regarding my position and that of my party in these elections“, Ximo Puig said this Tuesday to begin the press conference after bringing together the leadership of the Socialists. The executive began with applause upon the arrival of the leader of the PSPV and it lasted for almost three hours in which the interventions of those present followed one another. There was a lot to analyze and one of the possibilities that was on the table was Puig’s goodbye, something that did not come. Quite the contrary, he established himself as the pilot towards the “alternative” and received the unanimous support of his.
Puig remarked that in the elections on Sunday the citizens said “who should be the government and who should be the opposition”. That role now corresponds to the PSPV and it will assume it itself. “We are the alternative and we are going to act as such,” said the still acting president of the Valencian Generalitat, changing the tone of the speech and trying to leave Sunday’s defeat behind.
That word, defeat, was not said, but he emphasized that the PSPV had achieved “the best result since 2007”; that with respect to the whole of Spain, it has been in the Valencian Community where the Socialist Party “has obtained the greatest growth” although he assured that this “does not mean that we are completely satisfied”. In this sense, he lamented the “anomaly” that citizens “think that the government has managed very wellHe had a preference as to who should be the president, but they voted differently”. In fact, this good assessment of the figure of the PSPV leader was one of the reasons given at the meeting to claim his continuity.
Criticism of state “noise”
Puig talked about the influence of the state debate and the “noise” foreign to Valencian politics as reasons for the electoral result on Sunday and for which finally PP and Vox will be the majority in the Corts and will be able to form a government, by agreement. Facing them will be the PSPV with Puig as the highest representative, something for which many in the party have breathed, fearing the departure of the leader as the start of an internal war in the PSPV.
In this future task of opposition, the general secretary of the socialists rejected that his party will abstain so that those of Carlos Mazon In solitary without needing the support of the extreme right and justified that the public knows “that things are about the PP and Vox”. In this sense, he asked the right-wing parties “not to get dizzy” because “everyone knew what was going to happen.”
Likewise, Puig pointed out that he will make an opposition that “has nothing to do with the opposition of the PP during this legislature.” It will be, he said, a “constructive and resounding opposition to the ravings”. He also pointed out that for a society to function correctly there needs to be a good government, where the socialists – he said – will not be able to intervene, and a good opposition, which will be led by the PSPV. “We will do our part, be a loyal and constructive opposition,” he added.
“Deeply Democratic”
Although the word of the day was “alternative”. That will be the objective with which they face the legislature “from the first day with determination, courage and good manners.” “We want to be a majority project, the first party in the Valencian Community and for that we are going to work these years,” he added. In this alternative, thinking about the elections scheduled for 2027, Puig did not close the door on being the candidate: “There will be time“.
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He also did not clarify whether he will do this task of opposition as a spokesman for the Corts. “My will is to comply with the mandate of the citizenry, if I have the support of my party,” she said, that is, holding out until a congress is held to revalidate (if presented) her four-year leadership. “And always with respect for self-government,” she indicated, in a way of demonstrating that her “commitment is in the Valencian Community,” that is, in the regional parliament and not possible solutions to state politics.
This could have come in the general elections on July 23. However, these elections will be a first step to build the PSPV as an “alternative” with him in front. Thus, he valued Sánchez’s advance as a “correct and deeply democratic decision” and remarked: “Now it is time to talk about Spain.” Finally, he declared that the future happens because the Valencian Community “has more weight in Spain and more decision-making capacity”, a way to start the campaign towards the generals.