Politics Ábalos' warning from his fiefdom ... in the middle of the pre-congress battle and with the sound of the government crisis
The
abrupt departure of José Luis Ábalos from the Government and the leadership of the PSOE
this summer meant a script twist in the plot of the now classic organic fights of Valencian socialism. The withdrawal of the former right-hand man of Pedro Sánchez and
Ximo Puig's
main political rival
in the PSPV-PSOE will allow the Valencian president to have an unopposed congress in November to revalidate his position as secretary general in the Valencian party. A whole novelty that can be explained by the withdrawal of the critical current of the
abyss
with the fall of its main exponent.
Puig officially presented his
candidacy
yesterday
to repeat as secretary general
of the PSPV-PSOE for another four years. He was the only one who finally did, despite the fact that in recent months from the
abalista
sector
they threatened with an alternative candidacy that in the end has not finished curdling. The reason is none other than the weak position of those integrated in this sector, and that in recent years they have reproached the socialist baron for his null desire to integrate after winning the primaries in 2017 against the mayor of Burjassot, Rafa García, with a meager 57% of the votes.
Now, at that time, Puig was aligned with Susana Diaz vs. Pedro Sanchez, which was one vote plus one vote Garcia
sanchista
-síntoma division of the bases -
an indirect vote for Abalos, as interpreted now the party next to Puig. This would suggest a lesser weight of the critical sector that, nevertheless, continues to claim its strength and its role. The point is that with Ábalos out of the political front line and with Puig having redirected his relationship with Sánchez and fully aligned with him, the also president of the Generalitat had everything to face to face a congress without turbulence.
The entry also as a new minister in the Government of
Diana Morant
-a bet of Puig- came to ratify the new agreement with Sánchez, as stressed from the president's environment. A bit that Puig pointed out when the general secretary of the Socialists in the province of Valencia and related to the former minister,
Mercedes Caballero
, had already been talking about the need to begin to articulate "post-maximism."
However, the sources consulted confirm that the atmosphere that was being breathed these weeks in the party is far from comparable to that of previous congresses in which both were preparing for battle. This time there will not be, which does not mean that there have not been conversations and contacts between the different families and sensitivities. After Puig traveled to Madrid this Wednesday to close the last fringes of the negotiations with the federal leadership, party sources have confirmed that there is an
agreement with Caballero to head the lists of PSPV delegates for the province of Valencia
for the federal congress, as he had requested (Ximo Puig will do it for Castellón and Ana Barceló, for Alicante). That is, a prominent position to have options Caballero to revalidate his position in the next provincial congress.
In fact,
abalismo
wants a
"non-aggression pact"
between the two sides, that is, if Puig now has a free hand to present himself unopposed, Caballero would have it again at the Valencia provincial congress as secretary general. "The pact is closed for all the structures because it was for all or nothing", summarize some sources, and hence there has been no alternative candidate on the part of the critics. The message that is launched from the sector aligned with Ábalos is that they are far from dead, although the party denies that this agreement so that Caballero has no opposition is such.
Minutes after the closing of the term for the presentation of candidacies, Puig has appeared publicly and, to questions from journalists, has promised
integration
.
"Since 2012 I have not done anything other than unite and integrate the party. I will count on all my colleagues", he stressed.
In any case, Puig will tie up the leadership of the PSPV for another four years in a good political moment for him, with little internal opposition to his leadership and much less to his government management, after achieving the victory of the regional elections in 2019 for the first time since 1991 for Valencian socialism.
Although, yes, with a PP rearming itself and overturned in the Valencian Community to recover in 2023 -if there is no electoral advance- what was one of its great fiefdoms.
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