Significant changes in the Valencian PP, where the so-called Alicante power continues to gain positions. The until now general secretary of the party, María José Catalá, takes a “step to the side” to focus on the Mayor's Office of Valencia, so that it will be one of Carlos Mazón's strong men who replaces her as number two. The autonomous board of directors has approved this Thursday the promotion of the mayor of Finestrat, Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca, although Catalá places one of his relatives, Juan Carlos Caballero, as general coordinator.

Pérez Llorca had become the true plumber of the PP, since he is considered, for example, the architect of the PP pact with Ens Uneix in the Valencia Provincial Council. Together with the current spokesman for the PP in the Cortes, Miguel Barrachina, he was also in the negotiations of the popular with Vox in which the agreement for the coalition government in the Generalitat was forged.

“The residents of Valencia are my priority. My only dream and professional challenge was to be mayor of Valencia. When the president asked me to be his general secretary, I told him so and he asked me to make an effort to unite the party, help him win the Generalitat and recover the Valencia City Council,” Catalá said.. “I have done. Duties fulfilled”, has sentenced the mayoress of Valencia, who has claimed that the PP is now a “stronger party, with more militants”. And “we have swept the elections”, she has highlighted as a balance after two years of the regional congress in which she was elected as number two in Mazón.

After her speech, Mazón thanked her for her dedication and assured: “Two years ago I told her that I was going to take a step forward in the game, but that I only did so with her by my side. I will never be able to thank María José for the work done. I asked him to be an electoral ticket and it has worked very well”.