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He is from the hamlet of La Hoya and three days ago he felt "some vertigo". López Moya has taken office as a deputy of the Popular Party for Murcia, replacing the former secretary general of the popular Teodoro García Egea, who left the seat. "When I found out that García Egea was leaving the seat, I had a first moment of fright, I knew it was my turn," López Moya tells LOC. It didn't take long for the emotion to arrive: "Representing my hamlet is important." She immediately remembers her two children and her husband: "Besides, they support me."

This Murcian is known throughout the municipality because it has been involved in all kinds of groups for decades: the neighborhood association, the association of fathers and mothers, that of women, catechesis in the parish ... "Everything that is working for the people." The president of the Federation of Women's Organizations of Lorca, Pilar Fernández, has known her since 2007 and defines her as "someone noble, close and very interested in the welfare of women."

Are you a feminist?

- I am a woman, we are human beings, just like men. I live with my husband, I have a son and a daughter and for me they are the same. Yes, I am a feminist, which is defending women's rights.

López Moya explains that his certainty is not lip service. "When I was in charge of the Department of Women [now called equality] I tried to make policies so that there was no inequality of opportunities, violence ...". The president of the Women's Federation confirms this to LOC. "From the Federation we are as mediators to try to ensure that equality policies are tried to be carried out in all positions and she carried out several."

Empathy is the most important thing, also in politics: respect for the citizen and the political adversary

In the municipalities, "it's different," he says. The tension where everyone knows each other, is reduced. And López Moya knew almost everyone because before going through Congress she was a nurse. "My father was a farmer and I was able to do my nursing career, totally vocational." He finished his studies and began working at the hospital in Lorca. Then he jumped to Murcia... And so on. Until he entered fully into politics, in 2007, and asked for a leave of absence to devote himself entirely to being a councilor.

From that time, what he remembers most are two tragedies, which overlapped: the earthquakes of Lorca in 2011 and the floods in 2012, a misfortune that had to be faced. The first natural disaster affected the most urban part and floods affected the most rural area. "A wreck," he laments. López Moya has always felt more identified with the second and although now she is also tied to the big city, she stays there, in its hamlet. "I drive to Murcia-I take the bird to Madrid-I return-I take a car...". It's something he wants to fight for from his seat in Congress. "We are very punished in infrastructure, now there is the ave but with a stop in Alicante, and well, the airport ... But but we are still far below other provinces."

- What do you think Spaniards think about Murcia?

- Small but powerful, isn't it?

He utters it with some fear. According to Invest In Murcia, on land they are unstoppable. The truck fleet in this region is the second largest in Europe. From Invest In they are pleased with their capacity. "We have built an extensive network of high-capacity roads that facilitate a fast and efficient transport of goods that allows us to be more competitive, allows access to a market of almost 8 million people in less than three hours, which represents 17% of the Spanish population." Yes. But "there is much to improve," López Moya acknowledges. "Murcia is being punished by the transfer of the Segura and we must greatly strengthen the agricultural system."

Antonia López in her seatE.M.

- Imagine that for whatever reason, tomorrow they tell you that there is no seat and you go home

- I would go back to my profession: to my job at my health center, which I love. I am with my party of which I have always been a militant and would continue to be so. But I would have no problem coming back.

Is politics anything like healthcare? One day Antonia López Moya as a nurse – although it depended on her shift – translated into assimilating the work she was going to encounter, and above all having the ability to forget everything when crossing the door. "If I was tired or having a bad night for the kids, I would try hard not to transfer him to my patients." In having empathy. It's not the first time he's uttered it in conversation. "It is the most important thing, also in politics: to respect the citizen and the political adversary."

DIZZINESS

The mayor of Villar de Cañas, José María Saiz, said last February that the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, "has a mouth full of sores to suck it to the Coletas", in the context of an interview with journalist Javier Negre. Days later he was suspended from militancy.

What do you think of the macho adjectives that are dedicated to Irene Montero in the Chamber?

- I've always thought that respect is the most important thing in life

López Moya is also very aware of the closeness to the citizens but at the moment he does not appear beyond Congress. It has no presence on any social network. "My team is creating Twitter for me now... I just landed and I know you have to go through there," he acknowledges. The Internet is also hostility and memes. Antonia López Moya has only been in the cryptoTeo seat for a few days and there is already a tweet comparing her physique with that of Concha, from Aquí no hay quien viva. "I'm scared, yes. Not that they talk about me, that is inevitable. I'm afraid they'll cross the line, make up hoaxes or make disrespectful criticisms of me." But this Murcian knows that she needs to go through social networks as part of the game, "to exist".

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