The PP removes Vox in the Valencian Government from political discourse and the management of the fight against gender violence
After the controversy over his pact with Vox and the recognition of “domestic violence” defended by those of Santiago Abascal, the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has ensured that everything related to gender violence remains under the control of the PP in the new Valencian government. And this despite the fact that the gender violence courts will depend on the Ministry of Justice that Elisa Núñez will manage for Vox. Not in vain, Mazón has placed Camarero as second vice president as a counterweight to Vicente Barrera, who will be the first vice president of the Generalitat for Vox. Moreover, she will have the portfolio of Social Services, Equality and Housing, in addition to serving as secretary of the Consell. In other words, she will also be in charge of coordinating all the directors.
The sources consulted specified that, therefore, the political position on gender violence will be set by Camarero and, consequently, the PP. In fact, in her first public intervention as second vice president after the transfer of portfolios, Camarero made it clear that the “fight against gender violence” will be among her “priorities”.. And, in case anyone has any doubts, he made it clear what his political career is: he was a speaker for the Law against gender violence in the Congress of Deputies and worked for the first State Pact on this matter. However, prevention policies and the care office for victims of gender violence will depend on the second Vice-Presidency, and this will be included in the regulations for the organization of the ministries.
In the PP it is assumed that there may be friction in coexistence with Vox, as in reality there already were between PSOE and Compromís in the previous legislature. And for the same reason, because the former Vice President Mónica Oltra also confronted the former Minister of Justice Gabriela Bravo for the powers precisely of gender violence and, in particular, for the office of care for victims.
STRUCTURE
The first meeting of the plenary session of the Consell will be held precisely this Friday to make progress in concreting the structure and organization chart of the new Consell. According to Mazón, the regional secretariats and sub-secretariats of the ministries will go from 55 to 46 in this legislature. It is estimated that this will mean an annual saving of about 800,000 euros. It is what the PP has come to call “political fat”.
Of course, according to the decree of the Presidency published late yesterday in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat, it is the departments of Vox (Culture, Agriculture and Justice) that suffer the most from the cut in regional secretariats. Culture will only have one and Justice two (the second will be Emergencies), but Agriculture will bring together Livestock and Fisheries in just one.
“We continue in this phase of optimization and reduction of political spending, starting with politicians, and we will continue with the structure, with eventual ones, with advisers and with general directors next week,” said the president of the Generalitat. In addition, the Valencian Government plans to approve tax saving measures for citizens as soon as possible.