The first October 9 of PP and Vox in the Generalitat reveals the pending accounts with the Government

There was no better detail as proof of the political tone that this Monday overshadowed the institutional event of October 9 than the applause that the PP deputies (and by contagion other attendees) launched when the president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, made reference to the need to unblock the expansion of the Port of Valencia. Unlike previous years, when the claque waited until the end to applaud, the first celebration of the Valencian Community Day with the Popular Party and Vox at the head of the Generalitat was marked this Monday by the protest spirit of the speeches in front of the Central government, in what has been a general trend for weeks now in the regional political debate before a foreseeable investiture of the leader of the PSOE Pedro Sánchez as president of the Government.

Cheered on by his people, criticized loudly by the socialist deputies, who discredited the fact of converting the autonomous institutional act into a proclamation of duties for the central government, Mazón made his debut as host at the solemn event in the Saló de Corts flanked by the councilors appointed by the Popular Party and Vox. It was the second vice president Susana Camarero (PP) and not the first, Vicente Barrera (Vox), who served, as government secretary, as presenter and introducer of speeches and award winners.. A difference with the Botanic of Ximo Puig, in which that role was reserved for the vice-presidency of the coalition partner Compromís, first with Mónica Oltra, and Aitana Mas, in the final stretch of the last legislature.

The anniversary had the interest of knowing how the Presidency of the Generalitat was going to focus its tone. It didn't take long for the mystery to be cleared up.. After a first condemnation “of the terrorist acts that occurred in Israeli territory” and a reference to the victims of “senselessness and fanaticism”, Mazón claimed on the occasion of the holiday “a large, open and hospitable Community, where everyone who want to feel at home. How they want to feel, how they want to express their way of seeing life, how they want to build their personal project.. Because here they will be another Valencian if they want it that way.”.

And then he reviewed the “levers” that, in his opinion, should serve to “consolidate our condition as a fertile land for opportunities and for that economic and social progress that must reach all citizens.”. Levers, all of them, whose competence is in the hands of the central government. It was then that he alluded to the need to “establish and prioritize strategic infrastructures” such as the Port of Valencia.. “It is not a regional whim, but a need for all of Spain,” he said, at which point there was applause from some of the attendees..

Mazón, who interspersed phrases in Valencian in the intervention, alluded to the financing deficit, for which he demanded “a satisfactory solution, not just any solution”, and to still unfinished works such as the Mediterranean railway corridor. He demanded from the new central Executive a response in terms of investments “that is in line with the weight and projection of the Valencian economy”, in clear reference to the 10% of GDP and population that autonomy represents in the whole of Spain, and a “sensible” solution and sustainable approach to the water problem in provinces like Alicante”, although without making an explicit reference to the Tajo-Segura transfer. The list of duties to the Government was completed with an allusion to the ceramic industry, “especially neglected despite its strategic contribution to the common wealth.”. He also claimed Valencian Civil Law, despite the fact that his party has refused in the Congress of Deputies to guarantee it through a reform of the Constitution..

The popular baron, who cited in his speech the Alicante writer José Martínez Ruiz 'Azorín' and the Valencian singer Nino Bravo, posthumously awarded the distinction of the Generalitat, also defended an autonomy with an “open, tolerant perspective, without suffocation. “The one that does not need to copy or be inspired by other territorial roadmaps that bear little or no resemblance to the one established in the spirit and letter of our Statute,” he slipped in what is interpreted as an allusion to the negotiation with Catalonia.. “I refuse to think that the diversity of this land has owners. Our diversity is the rich and varied reality of what we are, Valencians and Spaniards.”.

In the part that corresponds to regional powers, Mazón committed to “meet equally legitimate expectations” in matters of health, social services, health, education and policies for young people.. “To meet these expectations, it is not enough to request more resources, but rather to guarantee efficient management that supports our own arguments,” it was stated as a duty..

The institutional event brought together the main Valencian authorities and political representatives. The previous president, the socialist Ximo Puig, occupied a discreet second place together with Joan Lerma (PSPV) and Alberto Fabra (PP). The former presidents with open or convicted judicial proceedings, Eduardo Zaplana, José Luis Olivas and Francisco Camps do not attend the meeting at the Palau.

After the presentation of the awards and the speeches in the Saló de Corts of the Generalitat, the traditional civic procession took place through the streets of Valencia, with the 'Reial Senyera' parade, this time supported by the new mayor of the city , María José Catalá. The flag concluded the journey by entering through the door of the Cathedral, a tradition that the previous mayor, Joan Ribó, had suspended because he understood that the gesture was contrary to constitutional non-denominationalism..