Within the universe of the Spanish People's Party (PP), the Valencian PP has a reputation for being excessive and problematic. A vote-getter, but also a source of scandals. If we look more closely, however, the Valencian PP isn't one, but three: the one in Alicante, the one in Valencia, and the one in Castellón.

Carlos Mazón will appear before the press this Monday, with the expectation that he will finally announce his resignation. The Valencian president, who met for hours with Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Sunday to discuss his future, will explain the outcome of the talks with the PP leader and the period of reflection he has taken in recent days. The announcement will come after the Latest revelations on the management of the DANA storm and, above all, of the booing that Mazón received at the state funeral for the victims of the downpours. Two incidents that have left the Alicante politician on the ropes.

At the start of the crisis triggered by the handling of the devastating storm, the president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó, became, for many, the epitome of what the head of the Valencian Government, Carlos Mazón, should have done. At 2:00 p.m. on October 29, the provincial body suspended all institutional activity and sent its employees home. Furthermore, Mompó voluntarily joined the Civil Protection Coordination Center (CECOPIO) at 5:45 p.m., almost three hours before Mazón. Aware of this positive image, in the days following the catastrophe, the mayor of Gavarda was one of the few PP leaders who did not shy away from the media. However, as time has passed, his stance has shifted, aligning with the official line from the Generalitat Palace. So much so, that now He could be the replacement for the Valencian presidentAmong the examples of this transformation are his statements on the program Saved last December, when he said that Mazón had arrived at Cecopio at 6:30 p.m., while in reality he arrived at 8:28 p.m., a circumstance that he later admitted.

Carlos Mazón's political career may be numbered. The booing he received from victims at the state funeral on the first anniversary of the DANA storm, in which the They called him a "murderer"This has marked a turning point for the Valencian president. Also significant are the new revelations made on Friday by the former Minister of the Interior, Salomé Pradas, who asserted that He informed them of the possibility of sending the alert to the public. During lunch at El Ventorro, Mazón has maintained that no one informed him or consulted him about sending that mass alert to the population. Against this backdrop, the PP leadership in the Valencian Community met on Friday to discuss replacing Mazón as PP leader, a move that could occur even before the elections scheduled for May 2027. According to sources within the political party, this was reported to EFE on Saturday. These same sources confirmed that the regional PP leaders in Valencia have already conveyed their support for Mompó, the current president of the Valencia Provincial Council, to the party's national leadership in Madrid. The decision was made amidst internal debate about the complicated situation the party is facing following the latest reports on Mazón's handling of the DANA storm. On Friday, in Alicante, the Secretary General of the PPCV, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, met; The party's spokesperson in the Valencian Parliament, and the three provincial party presidents, who also serve as presidents of their respective provincial councils—Vicent Mompó (Valencia), Marta Barrachina (Castellón), and Toni Pérez (Alicante)—met to discuss Mazón's replacement. A consensus candidate emerged from this meeting: Vicent Mompó, who has the support of the leadership in all three provinces and is positioning himself as the future Popular Party candidate. Mompó cannot be president of the Generalitat now because he is not a member of parliament, and therefore, Mazón would have to call early elections if he were to step down. This week, he stated that he was beginning a period of "reflection."