Carles Castro said it this past Sunday in La Vanguardia: “Historical experience indicates that anything is possible in this last territory, governed in equal parts for 40 years by the left and the right. And although the forecasts are very tight, the plus of mobilization of the conservative electorate seems to play in favor of the relief.
The journalist, one of the best in Spain in demoscopic analysis, was referring to the Valencian Community, to the possibility that the Botànic loses the institutions conquered in 2015 precisely because of the demobilization of a part of the electorate of the left the 28M. That is, now, the main threat of the Botànic.
Something of this was perceived yesterday in the speeches of the union leaders who called mobilizations in Valencia, Alicante and Castellón to celebrate the traditional May 1st. Ana García, general secretary of CC.OO of the Valencian Country, valued that in the next electoral appointment "it is about choosing policies of progress that guarantee labor and wage rights, such as labor reform, or voting for retrogression, economic liberalism and marching back in all the rights achieved”.
Ismael Sáez, his counterpart in the UGT, charged against the PP and against its president Alberto Núñez Feijóo., "a leader who criticizes the lack of purchasing power of workers and votes against the interprofessional minimum wage." "Cuts kill and the welfare state saves lives," he added.
Yesterday's appointment presented another novelty: all the leaders of the Botànic parties seconded the mobilizations, something that was not common in the last union meetings on May 1. The proximity of the 28M was the reason.
The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, highlighted that "much progress has been made in this time through social dialogue", since "420,000 more jobs have been achieved in the Valencian Community", but he admitted that "much remains to do".
For Puig, it is "fundamental" to continue in the transformation of the economic model, which "will help the reindustrialization of the Valencian Community, which is a fundamental space for the future, for that new frontier of more employment and higher quality with better wages" .
Sandra Gómez, who also participated in the demonstration in Valencia, maintained that social democratic policies "are not only fairer, but more economically prosperous", since "progress has been made in labor rights after a fair labor reform that has enabled workers to temporary contracts become indefinite".
The Compromís candidate for the Generalitat Valenciana, Joan Baldoví, pointed out that in a process of inflation "it is clear that salaries have to rise" and defended the idea that "it is a merit to hire those companies that have fair salaries". Once again, he insisted on the need for "fair financing" to make aid policies for companies.
For his part, the mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, highlighted the fact that Valencia "arrives on this day of vindication with historical employment data" and defended that "it is now a city of opportunities that offers people the possibility of developing their life Proyect".
He also attended the appointment with the leadership of Unides Podem. The candidate for the Generalitat Valenciana and vice president Héctor Illueca affirmed that May 1 "demonstrates that rights are not achieved by presenting themselves before the boss with the cap in hand, but with collective action". "Only through organization and mobilization is it possible to continue progressing," he added.
