Mazón demands "fair funding" and respect for "the Valencian identity" in a New October marked by rain and the memory of the DANA.

ValenciaFinancial vindication, a denunciation of an alleged attack on the identity of the Valencian Community, and a record-breaking disaster. Carlos Mazón, president of the Valencian Consell, spoke on the occasion of the New October celebrations, building on the pillars that have underpinned the Valencian People's Party's argument for months following the tragedy of October 29th.

"We demand a fair system of regional financing, without privileges" and, until it arrives, "a temporary leveling fund" or the Valencian identity "should not be subordinated to anyone" and "heritage such as the Valencian language" does not need "additions, quotation marks, slashes or winks" given that it takes place a few days before the first anniversary of the DANA and is marked by the alert for heavy rain - orange warning in the center of the Valencian Country for this Thursday, but red in the south tomorrow Friday - which has forced the suspension of the demonstration of the left and Valencianism, the institutional act of the Generalitat - the first The cancellation of the traditional senyera parade has become a breath of fresh air for the head of the Council, Carlos Mazón, who has avoided the ordeal of being heckled by the citizens who attend the historic procession.

Vox would capture much of the support lost by the Popular Party, and thus the right and far right would retain the Valencian government with 51 of the 99 seats. This is the main conclusion. from the survey made public this Thursday by the Prensa Ibérica group. According to the poll, the PP would fall from its current 40 seats to 34. The six seats it would lose would not go entirely to the Socialists, who would only have one, but would instead have 32. With this result, the right and far-right could continue governing—either with Vox in the executive or with parliamentary support from outside—thanks (it currently has 13). On the other hand, Compromís would only gain one, and would drop from 15 to 16.

The PP's greatest decline is concentrated in the Valencia district, the most affected by the Dana, where it would lose four seats. Vox would gain two seats. This is the same number that the far-right party would increase in the Castellón district. In Alicante, the change is smaller: the PSPV takes one seat from the PP, and the rest remain unchanged. Along the same lines, and if we analyze the transfer of votes, the most significant change is the 5.2% of voters leaving the PP and moving to Vox, compared to the 2023 elections.

The distribution of votes by age group also offers relevant data. Among those aged 18 to 30, Vox is the most popular party, with 23.2% of the votes—almost one in four young people—while the PSPV is the one with the least support. In this regard, it is worth noting that 8.3% of respondents identify as far-right, the highest percentage recorded so far in these polls.

The PP would perform better with other candidates.

The survey also asked whether the results would change if the Popular Party decided to dispense with the leader of the Consell, Carlos Mazón. According to the poll, the PP's estimated number of seats would rise from 34 to 36 if the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, took over as the head of the electoral list. The president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó, would also gain more than Mazón, who would get 35.

Like the Prensa Ibérica group, the daily The Country and SER have made public this Thursday a 40db survey which estimates that 71% support Mazón's resignation. In fact, 56% of PP voters also believe he should fold. It is worth noting that a few days ago another poll already pointed in the same direction, and even raised its percentage. This is the survey advanced by the Prensa Ibérica groupwhich estimated that 82% of Valencian Community citizens support Mazón's resignation. Furthermore, 90.2% affirm that, if he doesn't leave office, he shouldn't be the PP candidate in the next elections.

First interviews

In addition to the survey, the two interviews given by the PP leader since the tragedy of October 29th were also in the news this Thursday. The media outlet chosen by the head of the Council were the newspaper The Provinces -the oldest conservative newspaper in the Valencian Community- and the Spanish far-right digital newspaper OKdiarioAccording to some sources, an interview on the Valencian public broadcaster À Punt could also be added, although this has not yet been confirmed, much less announced.

In the two interviews, Mazón has reiterated the argument he has put forward in recent months, according to which he gave no instructions to former minister Salomé Pradas regarding the time and content of the warning to the population - which was broadcast at 8:11 p.m., a time when most of the victims died, even though the majority of deaths have occurred in the past at all times. He has also again accused the Spanish Meteorological Agency and the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation of an alleged media blackout, although the investigating judge in the case has dismissed this claim on several occasions.