D-Day in the Valencian Community: the PP is confident that Vox will investigate Pérez Llorca

ValenciaConfidence despite uncertainty. The Valencian People's Party hopes that its parliamentary partners in Vox will not abandon ship mid-journey and will support Juanfran Pérez Llorca's investiture as the new president of the Generalitat this Thursday, replacing Carlos Mazón. "Total calm," a conservative leader told ARA yesterday regarding the messages their partners are sending and whether they foresee a successful outcome in the plenary session that will begin today at 11:00 AM. Despite this leader's confidence, Mazón's replacement appeared cautious upon arriving at the Valencian Parliament this morning. "I will propose my ideas, and whoever wants to can support them," he said. "What we need in the region is a great deal of stability, and that is what I am going to strive for. This is the mission I have been asked to undertake," he said. His speech in the chamber is expected to last around an hour and a half.

Pérez Llorca has remained silent since registering his candidacy to lead the Consell a week ago, stating that it was neither "necessary nor vital" to seal the agreement in writing. "We don't need a notarized document," added José María Llanos, Vox's spokesperson in the Valencian Parliament, although days later, under persistent questioning from journalists, he affirmed that they did want to reach an agreement "before" the plenary session. "If Vox supports the investiture, it will try to finalize the agreement beforehand," the far-right politician explained two days later. The far-right party backtracked on these statements on Monday when, from Madrid, Vox announced that it would communicate its vote after hearing Pérez Llorca's investiture speech.

Sources within the leadership of the Valencian People's Party (PP) defended the ARA, stating that the talks went smoothly throughout and that the outcome was a possibility already anticipated last week. However, the situation remains open, and no one is ruling out any outcome. In reality, there are only three options. The first would be Pérez Llorca's investiture this Thursday with the support of the PP and Vox in the first vote. The second would consist of repeating the procedure this Saturday. In both cases, the far-right Vox party—with 13 deputies—cannot abstain, given that the two opposition groups, the Socialist Party (PSPV) and Compromís, together hold 46 deputies, while the PP has 40. The third scenario is an early election. Regarding Vox's demands of Pérez Llorca, the most prominent are policies against migrants, including the Valencian government's refusal to accept unaccompanied foreign minors and the establishment of "national priority" in social aid. There is also the commitment to minimal taxation, a staunch opposition to the European Green Deal and the 2030 Agenda and to measures that aim to reduce pollution generated by agriculture and transportation, and the promotion of works such as dikes and dams that prevent or minimize floods2 like the one in the 2.