The affiliates are summoned next Monday, March 21 in a process that can serve as an appetizer in the struggle for regional leadership
The term to present candidacies for delegate in the next national congress of the Popular Party ended at two in the afternoon this Wednesday. The PP of the Region of Murcia has 103 representatives, of which 11 are ex officio for their institutional positions and for belonging to the National Board of Directors. Another 92 will be elected by members at the polls next Monday, March 21.
In the absence of carrying out the verification process of the candidacies, in most municipalities there will be no voting, since the number of delegates assigned corresponds to the candidates presented. But in cities like Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca it will be necessary to vote.
Significant is the case of the municipality of Murcia, which will take 22 representatives to the conclave in which Alberto Núñez Feijóo will be proclaimed. Among the candidates for delegate, there are prominent names in the party, such as former president Ramón Luis Valcárcel, former mayor José Ballesta and former councilor Adela Martínez-Cachá, who has returned to being a PP militant after the fall of Pablo Casado and Teodoro García Egea .
The process is interesting because it is an opportunity for the supporters and critics of Fernando López Miras to measure their forces among the militancy, with a view to a future autonomic conclave, which will be held when the national congress ends.
Valcárcel is the main supporter of the mayor of Archena, Patricia Fernández, who with her movements and statements suggests that she seriously considers disputing the presidency of the party in the Region against the current head of the regional Executive. Last Friday the 11th, during the campaign act of Núñez Feijóo in Murcia, the former president of the Community regained prominence, since the future leader of the PP publicly praised him for his five victories with an absolute majority in the Region between 1995 and 2011. Before After said act, Valcárcel confessed to the media that there is a part of the party that would be willing to support the mayor of Archena if she took the step and presented herself to a regional congress.
Another aspiring rope compromiser for Patricia Fernández is Salomé Hernández, a worker from the Popular Municipal Group in the Murcia City Council who was fired by the current regional management after more than 20 years of work. There are also pedáneos of the rope of the archenera who aspire to represent the Region in the conclave of the next days 1 and 2 April in Seville.
In the case of Adela Martínez-Cachá, it is not clear that she can be a candidate for delegate and even participate in the congress. The former minister left the Government in 2019 and months later she left the party. However, after the convening of the extraordinary congress, she again requested discharge. This Wednesday it was verified that she was in the census to be able to participate in the conclave. The regulations also require that you must be up to date with the payment of fees since 2018.
Martínez-Cachá was on stage, in the front row, during the act of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who has strong ties of friendship with his family.
Another supporter of Patricia Fernández is Pilar Barreiro, mayor of Cartagena for twenty years, as well as a deputy in Congress and a senator. However, she Barreiro did not formalize her candidacy for delegate to attend the national conclave on behalf of the Cartagena PP, according to what THE TRUTH learned.
In the case of Patricia Fernández, she will opt, together with another councilor, for the two seats that correspond to the municipality of Archena. There would be no interest in the vote, being only two candidates.
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Another hot spot will be in New Generations. There are three delegates. There is a critical current, led by the councilman of Jumilla Aitor Jiménez, who demands the holding of a congress in the organization, directed for years by a manager who is now chaired by Antonio Landáburu. This is a born compromiser for being a member of the National Board of Directors.
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