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This Sunday, journalist Cristina Pardo had serious difficulties interviewing José Luis Martínez-Almeida live. The mayor of Madrid (single, 45 years old) connected to the set of Liarda Pardo (La Sexta) from that afternoon spring walk pedestrianized de la Castellana, in his now famous shirtsleeves kennedyanas , and the applause of passersby who crossed with him they caused the conversation to be interrupted several times. The cheers were deafening.
"Mr. Almeida, you have not seen yourself in another. Those who applaud the politicians today see that it is difficult," Pardo told him. The mayor, blushing, took iron from the matter: "I am a neighbor of the place, he goes more there." "You play at home," added the presenter with stony bangs.
This situation is not surprising. Almeida heads the list of politicians best valued in the crisis according to the ABC / GAD3 barometer, published on May 2, which indicates that the PP would double its representation in the city today . The data is there: even the left, who received the mayor in the Consistory very badly (insult by Javier Bardem and graffiti in Vicálvaro, "Almeida carapolla", included), is now on his side. 55.2% of Madrid residents assure that their opinion of him has improved during the pandemic: 53% of PSOE voters, 60% of those from Más Madrid and 51% of those from Unidas Podemos admit that their judgment about the State lawyer, he is more positive today . Another Okdiario poll , for its part, specifies more. One year after the municipal council of 26M, it places the PP with 21 councilors, as many as the ones added by PSOE (10) and Más Madrid (11). It seems that the mayor is doing well.
In The Other Chronicle we have done our own field work and collected famous opinions to verify that this good image of Almeida among the ranks on the left is true. We spoke first with Rita Maestre , facing the mayor in opposition but side by side with him during the health crisis. The good harmony between both, although she is a little cold in her statements, has been evident. Maestre tells LOC: "Almeida's attitude, if we compare it with Ayuso's, has been much more constructive and respectful. The president has become one of the protagonists of this pandemic. Her lousy management, her outgoing tone, his theatrical performances have been ported instead of being the victims, the toilets. That has also contributed to the mayor being strengthened. But now is when we will know which Almeida we are before . The de-escalation and the reconstruction of the city will be complicated, slow, painful and decisions will have to be made for which it does have competence (...) We know few plans for Madrid : the Consistory has to act on mobility, public transport and the food emergency (...) There is poverty in many families and the City Council has to be there, and for now it is reacting late and badly. We, the majority group, have reached out to them. We are waiting for an answer. "
In the PSOE they are warmer with the ruler (the first Felipe González, who has praised Almeida in Onda Cero). We chatted with Joaquín Leguina , president of the Community of Madrid between 1983 and 1995. "I have spoken to him several times. He is a high-ranking official of the State and seems sensible. He does not speak nonsense, which is greatly appreciated. Almeida is a break. We don't have to put up with Mrs. Carmena, "ditches the socialist. By the way, LOC has tried unsuccessfully to contact the former mayor.
From the culture union, Juan Echanove is proud of the popular politician: "In the face of something so devastating, we needed a mayor of all citizens, our strongest retroviral. Surely 90% of his administration I do not like, but I have felt protected by Almeida. He is up to the task, I have seen him suffer like a dog for the loss of citizens and leave his soul. He is a guy before whom I take off my hat. " The singer Ramoncín , whom we interviewed a few weeks ago on these pages, agrees with the actor: "Almeida will go down in history as Tierno Galván".
Edu Galán , founder of the Mongolia magazine , is one of those who, without regret, acknowledges having given Almeida a lot of wax on Twitter when he arrived at the Palacio de Correos, but now claims his good work: "The politicians are in continuous evaluation and Almeida has successful learning from the mistake of Central Madrid. He is a hearty uncle, he seems to serve everyone, he is everywhere and he has the absolute majority. Polls favor him, he is a gold bachelor, although he is related to Beatriz Fanjul ... He speaks in transversal and has no solutions, but reassures ... By the way, where did they get the "carapolla" if he is not bald? ", He concludes with his keen sense of humor.
On the same side of Almeida is, of course, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón , his predecessor in office from 2003 to 2011. "Almeida has known how to exercise leadership and identify the sentiment of citizens, taking a position alien to any type of political interest or partisan, "he says. The ex-minister is also moved by the fact that he calls him often and makes him participate in the situation, like the rest of the ex-mayors of the town alive, from Álvarez del Manzano to Juan Barranco, passing through Ana Botella and Manuela Carmena.
Gallardón was also well-liked on the left, but he doesn't like to be compared to Almeida. "I never had a challenge as important as his. He has responded with efficiency and empathy, with a humble attitude and a manager profile, not a protagonist. I experienced the attacks of 11M, which caused incredible damage to the city, but it was an outbreak that fortunately had no continuity. The coronavirus is still happening. "
We analyze the secret of the success of Almeida, who they already compare with the Wolf of Wall Street entering the Snobissimo disco, more objectively through the sociologist Narciso Michavila and the political consultant Verónica Fumanal. Michavila maintains that Almeida has been favored not to polarize, to put management before communication and to align himself with his adversaries without coming to the confrontation. "In all wars you remember a general who did things right and he plays that role."
Fumanal, for his part, thinks that the mayor is "very smart and independent, a man of consensus. In addition, he has not had delicate powers like Ayuso. He is a recognized leader in the left and the right, but I am afraid that this grace does not will last the entire legislature, "ditch.
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