After Ximo Puig has warned Mazón that if his desire is for both parties to reach agreements "the first thing the president has to do is guarantee democratic functioning" and not "maintain coverage of the extreme right", the head of the Consell has indicated that he does not know "what else" he has to do to show his "condemnation" of the violent acts and "all forms of violence" in the protests in recent weeks in front of the socialist headquarters.
"I don't know if I have to say 73 times every day what I am saying 73 times every day," he insisted, while lamenting that if in order to agree on the Valencian agenda with the opposition "we are going to be subjected to a moral examination to see how many times we condemn attacks, humiliation or violent behavior. "I just don't know how many more times I have to do it," she added.
"Maybe it's that I have less moral authority or that I'm not up to par with what the PSOE asks for, I don't know, I see that they are the judges of the morality of others," the 'president' said ironically. who has stressed that "from the first moment" he has condemned "any type of threat or non-democratic behavior" and that he will do so again "if necessary."
"If you have to pass Puig's exam, then I will be delighted," he continued, while insisting that he is "willing" to do "whatever is necessary within what the Community needs." "I do have the responsibility and I do assume the responsibility," he defended.
He has advanced that he is considering "some day next week" to begin the round of dialogue that he announced on Wednesday with the political groups to discuss "important issues" for the Community such as financing, water or investments in the General Budgets of the State (PGE). Furthermore, he has called on the formations to agree with the purpose of "moving forward" on "at least" issues that "benefit everyone" because, in his opinion, "we cannot stay there" on matters in which they are "in profound disagreement" like the amnesty.
Mazón has called on the different parties to take a position on whether they are "willing to be firm" on all these issues, "above" the party to which they belong and "being, above all, citizens of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón." "We must and I want us to move forward," he stressed, while showing himself "willing to forget issues on which we are not going to agree" to "focus on those on which we can agree."
Along these lines, Mazón, after recognizing that on issues such as the amnesty or the investiture of Pedro Sánchez, on which the Consell and the opposition are "in profound disagreement", has defended that they cannot "stay there" and that they have to work because "there are many Valencians, Alicante and Castellón residents who do not make ends meet, and there are many people who need to improve healthcare financing so that there are no waiting lists."
For this reason, he pointed out that apart from this "there may be things on which we can agree, move forward and have more strength in our demand" and he specifically cited "the water we need", the Port of Valencia, ceramics, the financing or "the investments that we deserve from the Government of Spain."
Thus, he has asked if it is "incompatible to agree on this" and if the parties "have to be throwing things at each other every day without thinking about what people also expect of us." "If they give me the condition that I condemn once again the attacks on the PSOE, I condemn it once again, but that should not be an excuse for not moving forward," he stressed.
At this point, he mentioned that "the day before yesterday they were putting Vice President Barrera's face on a poster upside down, trampling on it" and he defended that "no one has condemned him" except him. "I would appreciate it if the sentences were everywhere, in any way, but I am not going to do that and I am not going to make it a condition," he stated, since he has insisted on the need to "move forward" because "we cannot stall".
"There are more than 5 million Spaniards, that is 5 million Valencians, who are wondering if these gentlemen are going to agree on what interests us, if they are going to make some effort so that we can move forward. And I have to explore that path every day, I'm going to do it," he defended
