Feijóo loses the battle with the Valencian PP and accepts Pérez Llorca as Mazón's replacement

BarcelonaEight days after Carlos Mazón's resignation as Valencian president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo made a decision regarding his replacement, yielding to the demands of the Valencian PP. Thus, as confirmed by sources within the national PP, Mazón's second-in-command, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, will be the candidate for the Valencian Generalitat, instead of the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá—Feijóo's preferred choice. According to the national leadership, Feijóo held "a final telephone conversation this morning with Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca" in which he informed him "of his designation as the PP candidate for President of the Generalitat for the investiture session that will be convened in the coming days to bring stability to the Valencian Community as soon as possible." Furthermore, the PP's general secretary, Miguel Tellado, "called the provincial presidents to inform them of the decision of the party's national leadership," with which he received the "unanimous support of the three territories," which is not surprising because it is precisely what they had asked of Genoa.

And that's becauseMazón's succession had opened a war within his ranksThe Valencian PP leadership promoted its parliamentary spokesperson, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, as an interim replacement, and the president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó, for the 2027 elections. The move aimed to prevent the national leadership from imposing the name of the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, something that is not going to happen. In any case, the decision has not put an end to the deep internal conflict because it remains to be seen whether Mompó will put himself forward as a presidential candidate in two years, the question of whether Pérez Llorca will continue, in addition to the struggle with Catalá and the emergence of former president Paco Camps, who wants to lead the party in the region. In this way, the crisis is postponed, with a multitude of possible candidates in 2027.

Mazón appears in Les Corts

Meanwhile, Mazón is scheduled to appear before the parliamentary commission investigating the DANA storm on Tuesday afternoon, following the emergence of new details about his lunch at El Ventorro with journalist Maribel Vilaplana. According to Vilaplana's testimony before the judge, Mazón began receiving a flood of calls starting at 5:15 p.m. on the day of the storm. Emergency services were already concerned about the Poio ravine, which would eventually overflow, and Also during the afternoon, former Interior Minister Salomé Pradas discussed with Mazón the possible issuance of the mass alert on their mobile phones while he continued with his lunch.

Mazón, who resigned a week ago, had denied being involved in anything: "No. I'm not informed, nor am I a formality to be completed. It would seem like a technical obstruction in the process if it were the president of the Generalitat who should be sending alerts. Why should I be consulted if it's not even in the protocol? The hierarchy is clear. I'm not part of Cecopio," the president said in an interview.The Spanish.