The handover of powers from the outgoing government in the Valencia City Council (Compromís and PSPV) to the new PP government is already in its last phase. The Governing Board approved last Friday the dismissal of the 54 advisers of the political groups of the City Council, which will take effect this Saturday, June 17, the date of constitution of the new city councils. Thus, the new government of the popular will once again take the reins of the mayor's office and aspires to govern with 13 councilors as the most voted list without giving entry to the far-right formation of Vox.
María José Catalá, obtained a total of 13 councilors and 36.2% of votes, compared to the nine councilors of Compromís (23.96%), which is the second most voted force. It is followed by the PSOE (18.97%) and VOX (12.74%). Catalá has been shedding light these days on the people who could occupy the different departments of the corporation in the next four years. According to municipal sources, these meetings are taking place “smoothly” and with full normality, regardless of the complexity of some of the issues addressed..
Last plenary session of the legislature before the constitution of the new Corporation on June 17.
It is a joy to receive the affection of the Valencians at the doors of our Town Hall. pic.twitter.com/u0QSw4eXAV
— María José Catalá (@mjosecatala) June 14, 2023
The new corporation of the Valencia City Council will be constituted, in a public session, on Saturday, June 17, starting at 10:30 a.m.. In said session, in accordance with the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (Loreg), the mayor will be elected. The act will begin with the constitution of an age committee made up of the oldest councilor (in this case, Joan Ribó) and the youngest councilor (Núria Llopis)..
Once the new corporation is constituted, the election of the mayor will take place. The secretary will name the candidacies presented out loud and the one with the absolute majority of the votes will be proclaimed elected.. A vote that will be carried out secretly and through a ballot box. If in the first vote none of the candidates obtains a majority, the councilor who heads the list with the highest number of popular votes in the city will be proclaimed mayor.. He will then be sworn in and will receive the staff of command as a symbol of his responsibility..
In addition to the fact that this Saturday all the municipalities of the Valencian Community are constituted, the region has already made progress in the constitution of the new autonomous government. This same week PP and Vox closed an agreement to govern in coalition. The popular Carlos Mazón will be the president and the vice president, Vicente Barrera Simó, a former bullfighter and the name that Vox put on the table once it decided that its former candidate, Carlos Flores Juberías, would head the party list for Valencia at Congress on 23-J.