Immaculate Cobo

Updated Saturday, February 10, 2024-02:15

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Miguel Delibes said that being from the people is a gift from God. Jesús Julio Carnero (59), current mayor of Valladolid and senator of the Popular Party for the land where the author of

The Holy Innocents

was born

, assures that he has a double divine gift. Born in Aspariegos, a small town in Zamora, he also considers his hometown to be Corcos del Valle, a Valladolid municipality where his father, a civil servant by profession, was stationed. He receives LOC in the Senate and quickly, upon hearing the name of his predecessor in the city council, Óscar Puente,

distances himself. "I don't look anything like him."

It is precisely this difference that has caught the attention of Ronaldo Nazario, former Real Madrid player and president of Real Valladolid. Just a few days ago he made some statements that praised the figure of the current mayor.

"We are very happy with Jesús Julio Carnero,

there is more progress in six months with him than with the previous government team in four years."

The soccer star has had a very good relationship with Jesús Julio for years. "When he arrived in Valladolid, I was president of the council. We made him warden of the wine museum and from there we established a good relationship. Valladolid wants to undertake a sports city project in the area around the stadium but the stadium needs remodeling "I have been on the program to do that remodeling." Jesús Julio also comments on how Ronaldo is in short distances. "A great person, he is very good.

Valladolid has to exploit Ronaldo's figure as an ambassador much more.

He has an incredible public and social projection. The harmony is great so we have to delve into that."

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Tremendously rigorous and Spanish, Jesús Julio answers the questions in this supplement by taking notes and making reflections. He also has a nerdy air and this is no coincidence. At the age of 14,

Jesús Julio lost his mother and his mother was the one who supported his sister and him.

Since he was little, the now councilor of Valladolid had to be very responsible. He began his studies at the Colegio El Salvador in Valladolid, continued them at the Zorrilla Institute and, finally, at the University of Law. "The Plaza de San Pablo in Valladolid literally forms the backbone of my life because there I grew up, trained and then worked."

After graduating from Law, Jesús Julio studied an exam to follow in his father's footsteps. "I am a technician in the senior body of the Junta de Castilla y León. I worked as an official in the Ministry of the Presidency and handled development cooperation issues. I had the great opportunity to meet Vicente

Ferrer. No one has impacted me as much as that person ".

While studying the opposition, Jesús Julio met his wife, Rosa.

"She is from Palencia but she studied in Valladolid.

She studied Law like me and I met her in the opposition. She helped me pass it because she was a preparer. Once I passed we started dating and from there, until now. Very happy."

The couple did not have children but they did have nephews whom they enjoy every time they can. They also have their dog Vilma, for whom they both feel devotion.

"Dogs give you much more than you give them. It's a very special relationship."

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Arenas and Manueco

Returning to his political career, Jesús Julio did not join the PP until 2003. Two names especially stand out in his career: Javier Arenas and Alfonso Fernández Mañueco. With the first one he made his first foray into politics within the Ministry of Public Administrations. "Later I was a candidate for the provincial council of Valladolid and I was there for eight years. Mañueco counted on me as an Agriculture advisor throughout the covid. My grandparents were farmers so it didn't cost me anything to defend them. Later I was an advisor to the Presidency and at one point determined, both the national leadership and President Mañueco

decide that I have to be the candidate for mayor of Valladolid.

This is decided on January 11, so we put together the campaign at full speed."

The PP agreed with Vox to govern in Valladolid after a tie in seats between the PSOE and the popular ones. With this pact there was the departure of Óscar Puente, current Minister of Transport in the Sánchez Executive. He has been especially warlike with the new mayor.

The circumstance has arisen that now Jesús Julio's interlocutor is Óscar Puente

, because the new councilor is also president of the Transport and Sustainable Mobility Commission. "I know Óscar Puente personally, I have had and will continue to have a good relationship with him personally. Now there is no communication of any kind because he maintains a different position on the issue of burying the train tracks. He could not undertake that work and replaced it with a project that is basically the same.

It also delves into the difference in style with its predecessor and the handling of X (Twitter). "Social networks have a role that must be quite delimited. I use Twitter to make any allusion to public content, never entering into confrontation.

In any case I am not going to block anyone, that is for sure.

Curtailing freedom of expression is one of the worst things a politician or citizen can do.

The mayor has been criticized for being a senator and councilor, for living in a town in Valladolid, Simancas, instead of in the capital. They even accused him of having a "sub-mayorship." "I also have a house in Valladolid, I spend the day there. It is my priority. As for the sub-mayor's office there is nothing like that, I appointed a civil servant position. The opposition's criticism on this issue doesn't matter to me because I dedicate 24 hours to my city. I dedicate myself to that with body and soul and

when I come to the Senate I come thinking about the problems of the people of Valladolid

. The experience with Covid made me see things differently."

Covid changed him

In 2021 Jesús Julio suffered one of the most bitter faces of the disease that caused a global pandemic. "I was admitted for 90 days, in the ICU for 60, and intubated and asleep for 35." The mayor was and is now also full of praise for the health personnel of Río Hortega in Valladolid. He published a heartbreaking letter in the media in which he told how he overcame the disease.

"I came to say goodbye to myself inside."

Despite the difficulties of the entire process and the subsequent recovery - he had to do a lot of rehabilitation to regain mobility - the mayor tries to extract the positive.

"It is a personal and social exfoliant and it eliminates many issues

that for us we think are very important and then are very simple. I never want to forget that. Before I was much more vehement and this gave me peace of mind."

Jesús Julio is a deeply believing man who loves Holy Week in Valladolid and also the Camino de Santiago.

He also recognizes himself as "enjoyable"

because he is passionate about the gastronomy of the area. Another of his hobbies is photography and... cinema.

THE GOYA

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The mayor is also in the news because his city hosts the Goya this Saturday. Although it was the previous Mayor's Office that negotiated with the Academy to host the 38th edition of these awards, Jesús Julio and his team have dedicated themselves to making Valladolid shine on the night of Spanish cinema.

"There is a lot of emotion around these awards.

Valladolid is the city of actors like Gutiérrez Caba, Lola Herrera, Concha Velasco... We also have the Seminci festival. We are a city of cinema." Plus, he already has a favorite movie. "I am going to opt for one,

The Snow Society.

It is a story that we know but it is told in such a way and with such quality that it makes you hooked."

Feijóo vs Pedro Sánchez

Of Feijóo, the mayor highlights that "he is giving his all for Spain." And regarding Pedro Sánchez he is clear. "Here I disagree with many people. Sánchez does not form a coalition with all the ultranationalist parties, he leads all of those parties. He leads a way of conceiving Spain in which I do not recognize myself and is different from the one that we defend, which is the Constitution of 1978".

Jesús Julio affirms that municipal politics is complicated but he loves working on the street. Here he remembers his uncle Mariano, who was also mayor of his town and whom he tries to be like.