Partido Popular and Vox closed last night the program of their coalition government for the next four years and this Tuesday they will sign it publicly in the Assembly, twenty-four hours before the second inauguration session of Fernando López Miras as president of the Autonomous Community begins. Despite the zeal shown by both formations so that details of the document are not revealed until that presentation, both parties recognize that they have established a general framework of action in matters in which they have common objectives, such as family, education, health, business, financing and taxation. , without forgetting specific regional aspects, such as the Transfer and the situation of the Mar Menor, whose protection they consider a priority. As in other communities, the document agreed upon by the teams led by Joaquín Segado (PP) and Rubén Martínez Alpañez (Vox) ignores some issues with which the radical right has generated controversy, such as climate change and the parental pin, but there are an allusion to the need to eradicate violence against women.
Sources familiar with the negotiations indicated that the document synthesizes the 88 measures offered by the PP to Vox in July before the first attempt to investiture López Miras, which did not crystallize, as well as some of Vox’s political flags already included in the agreements Extremadura and the Balearic Islands. It also provides for the distribution of ministries and representation in some regional bodies, such as the Transparency Council.
The pact refers generically to the protection of the family with joint legislative measures, it defends the freedom of Murcian parents to choose the education of their children and that this is of quality; and assumes a reinforcement of public health and security. In addition, it claims the improvement of regional financing; and defends administrative simplification, support for young people to access housing, as well as the primary sector and companies.
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More specifically, it vindicates the need for water for farmers and the defense of the Tagus-Segura transfer. And, according to the same sources, there are also references to the Mar Menor, from the common approach of the need to protect and recover it. Unlike the minimum pre-agreement that Vox offered to the PP last July, it does not speak of the repeal, modification or reform of the Ley del Mar Menor. Vox contributed a few days ago to overthrow the urban moratorium in the area around the salt lagoon, adding his votes to those of the PSOE and Podemos, which already represents a change in the norm.
In this regard, on this thorny issue, the spokesman for the Popular Group in the Regional Assembly, Joaquín Segado, assured that the PP “has not agreed with anyone” to modify this rule: “It is not on any paper nor is it on the table.” And he was emphatic that “there will be no change in the Mar Menor law that means lowering its protection.” If there were at any time, they will not promote anything “other than increasing and consolidating their protection.”
Antelo bets on touching the law to give greater protection to the lagoon, which is a “shared obsession” with Miras
He also stressed that the PP and López Miras “have carried out a very important exercise of responsibility” to avoid other elections. He said that in a scenario of “blockade in which there were only two alternatives, reaching an agreement before the end of the term or going to an electoral call, it was decided to reach the best possible agreement and that is what we have done.”
Before closing the governance agreement, the spokesman for the Vox Parliamentary Group, José Ángel Antelo, assured that his party and the PP “agree” that the Mar Menor law will be changed to achieve greater protection. He assured that “it is an obsession shared with López Miras. We are going to work on that path, especially in sanitation, which is somewhat deficient. We are going to take steps forward to protect the Mar Menor.
The spokespersons for the Socialist Group, José Vélez, and for the Mixed Group, María Marín, again rejected the pact. “We do not know anything about the program, we do not know what PP and Vox are going to agree on. We are very concerned about the Mar Menor, the rights of women and LGTBI, as well as the middle and working class, “according to the Podemos deputy. For his part, Vélez accused López Miras of lying to the Region by assuring that he would not agree with Vox. “That government is going to be a drag,” predicted the socialist.
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The vote will be the last day to avoid the polls
Starting tomorrow, Fernando López Miras will undergo his second investiture session in two months, this time with the peace of mind of knowing that his party, the PP, will add the votes in favor of Vox to continue for four more years in San Esteban. The Board of Spokespersons of the Regional Assembly scheduled for this Wednesday, September 6, and Thursday, September 7, the new plenary session to elect the popular politician as president of the Autonomous Community. Unlike last July, he does so endorsed by the government agreement reached in recent days by his party and Vox to avoid a repetition of the elections. The same day designated for the vote, two months have elapsed since the first vote, the limit established by the Statute of Autonomy to dissolve the Assembly and call new elections if no candidate obtains the confidence of the majority of its 45 deputies within that period.
The president of the Parliament, Visitación Martínez, carried out the mandatory round of consultations this Monday with the representatives of the four political groups and appointed López Miras as a candidate for the presidency of the Community after officially knowing that the popular has the support of the deputies of Vox and can reach the absolute majority required, as expressed by the spokesman and provincial president of that party, José Ángel Antelo. The candidate accepted ‘ipso facto’.
Antelo is confident that his support for the popular will allow the establishment of a “strong and stable” regional Executive
The debate will begin this Wednesday, at eleven o’clock in the morning, with the intervention of the candidate without a time limit. López Miras will present his government program before the Chamber, retouched by Vox, and will ask for his confidence and approval. The session will resume on Thursday with the interventions of the representatives of all parliamentary groups and the candidate. It will end the vote.
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After the round of consultations, Antelo assured that Vox’s support for the PP will allow the establishment of a “strong and stable government”, which will establish “coordinated action to solve the problems of the Region of Murcia.” And he was satisfied with the agreement between both parties to avoid new elections. “It was absurd, nobody wanted an electoral repetition.”
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The leader of the PP reserves the appointment of the president of the Port of Cartagena
The Ministry of Development will be the responsibility of Vox, but the appointment of one of the highest senior positions in the Region linked to infrastructure and the most coveted for its remuneration (96,100 euros per year in 2022), that of president of the Port Authority of Cartagena, will correspond to the PP, assured sources of this party. It will be Fernando López Miras who brings the name of the candidate to the Governing Council for ratification, although that governing body may authorize the counselor on duty for said task. El Puerto has been without a president since January, after the resignation of Yolanda Muñoz punctuated by an alleged internal corruption plot that is being investigated by a local court.
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Although it is a state-owned infrastructure, the Ministry should only be aware of the designation to publish the appointment in the official gazette and in the BOE, according to the Ports Law.
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Vox will appoint the next Minister of Development, in accordance with the government pact with the PP. According to its provincial president, José Ángel Antelo, they are considering “several names” of candidates but yesterday nothing was decided. All of them are professionals with profiles according to the position.
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