The general secretary of the PSPV-PSOE, Ximo Puig, has declared in Madrid that "at this time the most important thing, beyond people, is the political project and the defense of the interests of the citizens of the Valencian Community": " I will always work for the general interest.”
Puig stressed that "in the Valencian Community is where the PSOE has grown the most in these last elections" and recalls that "we have the best result in the last sixteen years." The leader of the Valencian socialists has refused to comment on whether he feels unauthorized by Ferraz after the changes in the PSPV list for the next general elections. He believes that those who have to explain them "are the ones who have made this decision."
Puig has attended the Federal Committee of the PSOE that ratifies this Saturday its lists of candidates for the elections headed by the Prime Minister and party leader, Pedro Sánchez, and with the presence of up to twelve ministers, although last-minute changes have generated controversy.
Puig goes to the committee, as he has said, with a "positive spirit" because Spain is playing something fundamental and because the elections "are going to be definitive" for the progress or decline of the country. The important thing, in his opinion, is that Pedro Sánchez has the greatest possible support so that "social prosperity and progress" continue and a stage - he has added - "of undoubted progress".
"At this moment, the most important thing is the project, what we are at stake", has affected when asked repeatedly about the changes in the list of the Valencian socialists.
"Beyond this -he continued-, I feel represented by more than 700,000 people from the Valencian Community, which has obtained the best result in 16 years. We have gone up five points. It is the community where the PSOE has risen the most and today I feel absolutely endorsed by the citizens".
Puig has assured that he is going to dedicate himself to proposing an alternative and his future involves defending the interests of the Valencian Community, now in opposition, but "with loyalty" to the Government that leaves the Valencian Parliament and supporting what he can so that Sánchez continues to be the president of the Government.
He has also been asked about the absence of some socialist leaders on the committee and has made it clear that each one "is responsible for their decisions", that he has always shown his face and that when he has not been able to attend it is for some institutional reason.
The leader of the Valencian socialists has said he believes in the values that led him to join the PSOE more than 40 years ago and these, in his opinion, have to do with "unity, humility, solidarity and not with arrogance, nor narcissism.
Regarding the agreement between Sumar and Podemos for the purple formation to form part of the electoral coalition, Puig has considered it positive since he understands that it could avoid the loss of votes for Compromís and Podemos in the Valencian Community. "I think there is a strong basis for even in my community to have a progressive majority that came out of this general election," he concluded.
