The former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont was elected this Sunday as the new president of Junts with the support of 90.18% of the party’s members, as well as the rest of the leadership positions.
In it congress that they have held since Friday in Calella (Barcelona), Puigdemont thus takes the reins of the team again a year and a half after leaving the leadership, and he does so with a renewed executive tailored to the general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull.
Until now, the presidency of Junts fell to Laura Borràs, who in this conclave has said goodbye to the position and her next destination will be to at the head of the new party foundation if their employers approve.
Four vice-presidencies are added to Puigdemont’s candidacy, which will be occupied by Josep Rius, Miriam Nogueras, Antoni Castellà and Mònica Sales, Jordi Turull repeats as general secretary as well as his deputy David Saldoni, while Judith Toronjo will be the organization secretary and Teresa Pallarès of Finance.
The members of the management are Jeannine Abella as head of the first sectr; Victòria Alsina, demographic challenge and immigration policies; Joan Canadell, company and work; Jaume Casañas, territory and ecological transition; Violant Cervera, third social sector, childhood and adolescence; Assumpta Cros, culture; Josep Maria Cruset, industry and tourism; Ennatu Domingo, social rights, equality and feminism; Anna Erra, educational policies, and Jordi Fàbrega, health policies.
It is also Glòria Freixa, who will be in charge of housing policies; Gemma Geix, universities, innovation and research; Jaume Giró, fair taxation and productive economy; Oriol Izquierdo, justice and democratic quality; Anna Navarro, digital transformation, AI and Catalonia in the world; Aleix Sarri, international relations and ‘Països Catalans’, and Isidre Sierra on network strategy and metropolitan area.
The rest of the members of the executive are Francesc Ten, who will address the chapter on defense and promotion of the language; Ariadna Urroz, youth and sports; Teresa Vallverdú, security and civility; Salvador Vergés, infrastructure, and Xavier Vinyals as head of strategic action and internationalization.
Other organs
As planned, Pilar Calvo will be the new president of the National Council of Junts with 89.69% support, and replaces the current president of the Parliament, Josep Rull, in office.
In his speech in the plenary session of the congress, he thanked Puigdemont and Turull for the opportunity that, in his opinion, was not expected and represents a challenge: “The Junts pineapple is inclusive and open”he has defended.
The Junts deputy in Congress Josep Pagès has received the support of 90.35% to take charge of the Guarantees Commission, while 88.12% have done so for Montserrat Girbau for the Electoral Sindicature, 62.81% for Marcel Padrós as Militant Defender and 97.48% for Josep Maria Vallès to direct the Municipalist Space.
The PNV sees Junts reinforced
The president of the EBB of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar, has stated that Junts emerges “reinforced” from its Congress and has indicated that both formations will continue to defend “each in their own space and together in state bodies the path of recognition of the Basque and Catalan national realities.”
Ortuzar has made these demonstrations in Calella (Barcelona) where he went to participate in the Junts Congressin which the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont has been elected president of the party again with 90.18% support.
The Jeltzale leader believes that, from this congressional event, a Junts will emerge “reinforced, with new forces, with a high degree of internal unity and also with clear ideas of what the policy defended by Junts should be in all institutions.”
Ortuzar has stated that relations between the PNV and Junts have been “good” since its foundation and added that “they share many things”, each one from their “political strategy and its specific objectives for each of the respective nations”.
“Nations”
“But we share very basic and very important things. We both believe that we are part of a nationwe from the Basque nation and they from the Catalan nation, nations that have to be recognized at the state level and at the international level,” he assured.
Likewise, he has stated that they share a vision of the State “different from the centralist vision” and believes that both the role of the PNV and Junts in State institutions can favor “the emergence of a different conception of the plurinationality of the State.”
“AND We are going to continue defending each one in their space and together in state bodies that path of recognition of the Basque and Catalan national realities,” he added.
Ortuzar has also indicated that this Congress places Junts “in a coming of age.” “A party that comes out of the process and that has the appearance of more than one movement, little by little it is taking shape,” he said.
The Jeltzale leader added that this Congress “determines it that way” and Junts is a party “with a structure and vocation to permanence over time and with a strong and marking project for its country.” a roadmap in the medium and long term“. “I think that is good for Junts but, above all, it is good for Catalonia,” he said.
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