Jaume Giró claims the victory of Xavier Trias in Barcelona as a way forward in the general elections on July 23rd. "Trias's is the biggest victory that Junts has had in the last four years, it has won in the country's capital," highlights Giró, who believes that the convergent former mayor "did very well by integrating all sensibilities and all accents different" so that they would not support other candidacies.
The leader aspires to be the Junts per Catalunya candidate to lead the formation in Madrid and will face in the primaries the current leader of the post-convergent group in the Congress of Deputies, Míriam Nogueras, a leader close to the general secretary, Jordi Turull, although with a tone and a mood different from that of the ex-minister, more belligerent.
The former head of Economia i Hisenda considers that in the Lower House "there are two options, do nothing without achieving a new State or get everything possible for the well-being of the citizens of Catalonia." "In this last legislature we have had 23 is
In an interview on the Més 324 program, Giró assured yesterday that he wants to "do politics for Catalonia" and vindicated "defense of the well-being and progress of Catalonia" and of the interests of the country". "We have to make profitable and take advantage of each vote of Catalonia", he summarizes.
Regarding the possibility of the PDECat presenting itself in the four provinces, as the party announced this Tuesday in a statement, Giró is cautious and avoids taking it for granted as he is a supporter of the unit.
In relation to the internal process of his party's primaries, the post-convergent leader claims that there are "debates" that allow "contrasting the models" that he and Nogueras defend and that campaigns can be carried out, but "not just three days", as happened with the consultation to leave the Government of the Generalitat. In any case, regarding his opponent, current spokesperson for Junts in the Congress of Deputies, Giró wanted to express his "maximum personal and political respect" and "esteem" for him beyond what happens in the primaries.
Before it was publicly revealed that there would be primaries with two candidates, Carles Puigdemont, who knew of Giró's plans, expressed his support for Nogueras by posting a photo of her and announcing that JxCat is ready for the appointment with the polls after the announcement. of Pedro Sánchez of a call for early elections in July.
In the last congress, in the ballot box in which the members of the executive were elected, Giró was the leader who received the most support, with 1,648 votes. Nogueras, for her part, was second with 1,637 votes, just 11 difference between the two, who had supported the secretary general in the conclave. In these primaries it will be possible to gauge the impact of the tour that Giró has made throughout Catalonia since he ceased to be minister. The leader has toured many towns and cities meeting with local party groups or supporting mayors for the municipal elections last Sunday.
The Junts leadership will make public tonight the regulations for the primaries, which will be put to a vote by the militancy.
