The alternatives to the option for Xavier Trias to become the mayor of Barcelona seem more complicated every day. The popular Daniel Sirera yesterday put all his cards on the table, and the truth is that we must thank him for his clarity in these ambiguous post-election days, in which the usual thing is that every statement is always accompanied by some nuance. But his proposal requires an unusual carambola.
If the socialist Jaume Collboni wants to be the next mayor of Barcelona, Sirera said yesterday, he must convince Ada Colau and the rest of the communes to support him in the investiture session of the next mayor, and then take a step back or a side – whichever they prefer – and renounce definitively to be part of the city's government. The communes cannot assume any responsibility, the PP mayor insisted. "It is the message that the people of Barcelona sent on 28-M". And the Republicans are also on the other side of this red line, he postulated.
If the socialist obtained the necessary support, the PP would give him their votes in the investiture session and then they would study a possible entry of the popular people into the municipal executive. "If Collboni is willing to talk and guarantees, perhaps in front of a notary, because you can never trust the socialists, that Colau and ERC will not be in the government, I can sit down and talk to him."
Yes, the viability of Sirera's proposal seems very complicated. But the popular do not consider it impossible. In fact, he understands that the socialist is not putting all the meat on the grill, that in reality he has already given the mayorship up for grabs, that he should wake up all at once and convince everyone he needs to convince. According to Sirera, in these post-election negotiations, on too many fronts, personal interests take on excessive importance. He says that many of the mayors are more concerned about their personal futures than the city itself.
"Let him work on it a little", he told him among other flourishes. "He has to decide what he wants to be when he grows up." "I know that forming a government like this is complicated - he added, as if he were an emotional coach - but it's been a long time since I've had a day of celebration. And if I knew I could be mayor I wouldn't sleep." So one or the other. Either his words empower Collboni in this final sprint... Or they take away his desire to approach Sant Jaume again. "Collboni wants a change of chairs - he said, to finish - to go from first deputy mayor to mayor, and from a Collau-Collboni government to a Collboni-Colau one. I am concerned that he intends to do the same as in the last eight years and that the only thing that will change is that he will cover a little more".
