Vélez begins his mandate with the explicit support of the national leadership of the PSOE
The Socialist Party of the Region of Murcia (PSRM) begins its sixteenth regional congress this Saturday with a forceful demonstration of support from the party’s federal leadership for the new secretary general, José Vélez. If the opening of the socialist conclave will be attended by the president of the PSOE, Cristina Narbona, the closing will be carried out on Sunday by the secretary general and president of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez. Vélez’s resounding victory in the primaries, upon receiving 81.7% of the votes cast, suggests a calm congress without any hint of internal opposition, to which the strong support of the federal executive for the new leader of the Murcian socialists.
The PSRM, in addition, has prepared for Pedro Sánchez for Sunday morning a visit to the Frutas y Cítricos de Mula cooperative (Frucimu), prior to his intervention at the closing of the congress, a gesture of recognition towards the regional agri-food sector , at times very critical of the PSOE because of the central government cuts to the water sent by the Transfer.
The main unknown that remains to be cleared up is the composition of the new regional executive of the PSRM, which will be put to a vote on Sunday by the congress delegates. Speculation occurred this Friday about who will occupy the main positions, such as the Organization secretariat, but Vélez himself ruled out this Friday night that he had specified the alignment of the executive. “It is still very green,” he declared to THE TRUTH. The intention of the general secretary is to continue this Saturday the consultations with the general secretaries of the groups and close the new direction that same day in the afternoon.
What is advanced is the speech that he will offer to the militants at the closing of the congress, which will include a harsh diatribe to the regional government and the Murcian PP. «They do not worry about the Murcian people, they are only pending what García Egea and Genoa demand of them, which is to seek a confrontation with the Government of Spain. They are only concerned with the banners and the headlines, ”said Vélez.
For his part, the outgoing Secretary of Organization, Jordi Arce, indicated that “it is a moment of great enthusiasm and we face it with the desire to work for the one and a half million citizens of the Region, who are already tired of seeing how López Miras governs for a few, without attending to the needs of the majority. Arce highlighted in a press release the program of complementary activities that will take place at the Murcia Artillery Barracks while the congress is taking place, and which constitutes one of the novelties of the event.
The regional president, Fernando López Miras, used irony to refer to Pedro Sánchez’s visit to the Region this weekend. Miras indicated that Sánchez “could take the opportunity to announce the shielding of the Tajo-Segura Transfer, the start of the reform of the regional financing system, inform of the arrival of the AVE in the Region or when the North Arc and Northwest Arc are going to be made. ».
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