The MP who doesn't care what his party is called

ValenciaThe feeling of injustice he felt when his father was fired, who a few years earlier had decided not to sue the paper company where he worked after suffering an accident at work, marked the beginning of the political awareness of Alberto Ibáñez (Villarreal, 1991), the Compromís deputy who is now oppose the transfer of immigration powers in Catalonia.

The traumatic episode made it clear to Ibáñez that his side was the workers' side. That's why he chose to join the Iniciativa del Poble Valencià (Valencian People's Initiative), the party that represents the most leftist core of the Valencian coalition, led by Mónica Oltra. His precocity became clear in 2011, when, at just nineteen years old, he was elected city councilor: he was named deputy mayor and assumed the Culture portfolio. But his municipal career was short-lived, and in 2015 Oltra brought him to the Department of Equality and appointed him regional Secretary for Inclusion. In the following term, he joined the former vice president's cabinet and has since been one of her closest collaborators, as well as co-spokesperson for Iniciativa.

When he needs to unwind, the politician from Vila-real relies on his passion for playwriting. When he was younger, he was part of the Melpòlia Teatre group and has played classic characters such as Arlequí d'The servant of two masters, by Carlo Goldoni. As a spectator, he acknowledges his admiration for Dagoll Dagom and his adaptation of Mercè Rodoreda's classic. Aloma. Among her favorites are also 1936, from the National Dramatic Center, about the coup d'état led by Francisco Franco.

Close to positions like Gabriel Rufián's of uniting the emancipatory left of the State, Ibáñez explains that his loyalty lies in political ideas and not in the name that appears on the ballot. "Every time there are elections, my mother calls me to ask me how we call ourselves. And it doesn't seem like a drama to me. We've said Compromís, Compromís Equo, En la Valenciana, Es el momento, Compromís Sumar and we will call ourselves in more ways. If possible, let it be short, attractive, easy to memorize and not" recent interview.