The PSOE takes away the mayor of Requena from the PP with a motion of censure in the midst of the DANA crisis in Valencia

Although Requena has not been the most affected town, since Utiel – in the same region – took the brunt of it, some of its 25 villages and farmlands continue to suffer the effects of the flood. After recovering public transport and reopening schools and institutes this Monday, the gradual return to normality has come up against a political movement that also removes Cortés as president of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.

The motion of PSPV-PSOE and the PRyA, which It was announced on October 21was justified by the “limited situation” of a “completely paralyzed” council, the “absolute lack of capacity and interest to govern” and the “total lack of initiative to demand investments and carry out works” of the PP. The two Vox councilors have voted against.

The coalition government agreement, which seeks to last until June 2027, contemplates councils for the eight councilors of the PSPV and the three of the PRyAwith Joaquín González as first deputy mayor.

In the municipal plenary session held this Tuesday, in which a minute of silence was observed for the victims of DANA, the new mayor, Mario Sánchez, justified – in the face of criticism from the popular people – that the legal deadlines have not allowed them room for maneuver.

«We know that this is not the time for superfluous debates and, if we are here today, it is because the date of this motion of censure was set by law when we presented it two weeks ago. It is a date that cannot be delayed and the law does not allow another motion of censure to be presented later,” he said.

“What are we doing here?”

Same argument that González (PRyA) has used, who has defended that his party is not at the service of any national political formation. Its objective, he noted, is “to guarantee the stability and governability of the City Council, something that does not happen now with a minority government and with a party that lost the elections and is the second political force,” in reference to the PP.

The person who until today has led the municipal corporation, the popular Rocío Cortes, has described the plenary session as a “real nonsense” given the situation in the province. “It is not necessary, the Government at this same time is declaring the area catastrophic and we have to help our neighboring municipalities,” he noted. «Really, I don’t understand it. Seriously, what are we doing here? “Are we aware of what has happened?” he asked.

Despite acknowledging that he may have made mistakes in this year and a half of his mandate, he has rejected the fact that he “has not worked.” “You have seen the management capacity of this catastrophe, all the organizations have recognized it,” he reproached the new government partners. “Of course it was not the time, these are not parties nor are they colors,” he stated.