The Principe Felipe Museum of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia has been chosen by the Valencian Socialists to hold their central meeting of the electoral campaign for the upcoming regional and municipal elections on 28 May.
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has been the great boast for the thousands of militants and supporters (6,000 according to the organization) who have flocked to the complex, designed by Valencian architect, Santiago Calatrava. Among those present, there was the presence of former minister José Luis Abalos, Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, government representative, Pilar Bernabé, mayor of Castellón, Amparo Marco, or candidate for mayor of Alicante. Barcelo.
Aware of the importance for the Socialists of retaining power in the Valencian Community, the fourth most important in terms of population with five million inhabitants, Sánchez wanted to lend his support to the head of the Valencian Executive, Zimo Puig, in the wake of his re-election. As President of the Generalitat and candidate for Mayor of Valencia and current Deputy Mayor, Sandra Gómez, who shares the city’s municipal government with Mayor Joan Ribo, from the coalition’s majority force.
The first to speak was Sandra Gómez, who highlighted the social and housing policies developed by both the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the head of consul, Zimo Puig. Gómez affirmed the Socialist Party as the only option for the future so that the PP’s past of corruption, waste and mismanagement would not return.
“The Socialist Party is the only progressive party that is growing, that continues to gain support in Valencia and that guarantees the future for the majority. The Right knows it and that is why we are the party that the Right fears. This is why That internal democratization, that we don’t vote, because they know that if we’re going to vote, we’ll win,” he said.
The deputy mayor has reviewed the socialist management in these eight years which has allowed investments such as HP, Siemens, Caixabank, Deutsche Telekom to come to the city, create 90,000 jobs or public health and education and the recovery of pensions from the past. is against. Gurtel, Pope’s visit, robbery in collaboration, F1, Pufos and PP’s barracks”.
The socialist candidate recalled how “the PP destroyed the Valencian banks, shut down public television and destroyed the neighborhoods of Valencia as happened in Cabanial” and “offered a future for all residents of Valencia”. Socialist Party’s efforts to Furthermore, he said: “I have dedicated my years on the City Council to healing those wounds, I have worked hard for its future and I can tell you here and in front of everyone that this week we finally Will approve.” The cabanil plan that protects it, since bulldozers will not enter to demolish houses, only machines to rehabilitate them that will be seen in my neighborhood”.
Sandra Gomez, candidate for mayor of Valencia.
Gómez has defended the pride of being a socialist and a Valencian “because the Socialist Party is the only party that stood up to the health crisis, that stood up to the Ukrainian war, that stood up for families as Zimo Puig is doing Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana. As mayor, I assure you that in Valencia there will be a government of families and not a government of cuts like the PP”, he continued.
The deputy mayor ended his speech by claiming a victory for the Socialist Party in Valencia: “It is no coincidence that the Socialist Party has decided to hold its central campaign rally in Valencia. We are here because the Socialist Party wants Valencia is going to win, because between the past and the future, we will vote for the future. For this reason, between the PP and the Socialist Party, these elections are won by the allies and partners PSOE”, he concluded.
Puig promises job opportunities to every youth who completes their studies
Subsequently, the President of the Valencian Government, Zimo Puig, insisted that “the Socialist Party represents the majority, because a city in the interior is as important to us as any neighborhood in Valencia or any other city”.
Puig highlighted that “all economic indicators are better than they were four years ago after going through the pandemic and the war; Our project goes through three areas: better development, social justice and sustainability.
“We can say that the Valencian community got rid of corruption and cutbacks. When Rajoy was governing, in the midst of a financial crisis, he gave them jokes, he published a guide and as a joke he said corruption paella It’s like, nowhere like Valencia. And Valencia is not corrupt, they are corrupt, it’s the PP. They’re not going back, they can’t come back and the best antidote is the Socialist Party”, he said.
The head of the Consul has assured that he has “a project for the Valencian Community” and has recalled that “this week the Minister of Social Security made public some data that says that more than 450,000 people now work in the Valencian Community”. The year 2015, and it is thanks to the social dialogue and political and social stability, thanks also to the alliance between the governments of the state and the Valencian community “.
Puig stressed that they “have managed to make the most important investments in the reindustrialisation of Spain, it will be Volkswagen, but also Ford, and we are in talks with multinationals that could create 43,000 jobs in the Valencian community. “
Jimo Puig, president of the Valencian government and candidate for re-election, during his speech at the Principe Felipe Museum.
Furthermore, if he continues to govern, he has made a commitment: “In the next legislature, young people who have completed university or vocational training, will all be given a job opportunity, we will agree on this through social dialogue . There will also be a new opportunity for those over 50 as no one is to be left out”.
In terms of health, he has promised that “to deprive the Valencian public health system that the PP has privatized, all the remaining departments and we are going to renovate and build new hospitals in Castellón, the new Arnau de Vilanova”. together in Paterna” and recalled that “in other communities when the pandemic passed, workers were fired, here they all remained, 6,000 new structural positions.
With regard to education, he has emphasized that the Botany government has started “free education from 2 to 3 years” and has ensured that the next course will be extended from 0 to 2 years, “for which free There will be public education from 0 to 18 years”, in addition to the fact that they have managed to renovate “the whole park of schools and institutions” and above all reduce “school failure” by half.
Finally, she sent a message to the Vox candidate, Carlos Flores: “The most serious problem of this society is called masculine terrorism and we have to end it with masculine culture. We have to thank the women who We have stood for a value that belongs to all, equality, and no abuser should be allowed to represent us in the Valencian government, this cannot be allowed”.
Sanchez announces 580 million for primary care
Finally, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, took the stage, who began by remembering the victims of the pandemic and valued “the great work done by Valencian Health Minister Ana Barcelo”.
Sánchez has criticized the cuts that the PP applied to health during his years in government and announced an injection of 580 million euros to modernize 13,000 primary care centers across Spain and the Valencian Community.
The secretary general of the PSOE has defended to this day that “it is a priority of the Spanish government”, despite the fact that health is the responsibility of the autonomous communities. The latest investment in primary care was 172 million euros last September.
“What matters is public health” on May 28, said Sánchez, who has assured that in next week’s regional and municipal elections he will vote between “the right to health or the health profession”. The President said that “voting for PSOE is a vote for public health.”
Pedro Sanchez, President of the Government.
Sánchez has assured that the new item will be approved at the next Council of Ministers this Tuesday and will serve to improve primary care infrastructure and equipment. There are investment conditions and the autonomy must allocate those 580 million euros to modernize and improve the more than 13,000 health centers that already exist in the country.
During his speech, the President denounced the lack of investment in public health by autonomous communities such as the Community of Madrid. “The great paradox”, Sánchez said, recalling that it is one of the communities with the highest per capita income in the country, but it ranks at the bottom in social, health and educational spending, behind Andalusia, Catalonia and Murcia.
“As a result, 40% of Madrid’s population has private insurance,” said the socialist leader in his defense of a public health system that all citizens could access and so that each citizen’s health did not depend on their electricity purchase. “We have to say loud and clear that we do not want a country where people are in debt for cancer treatment.”
“Now that we have to choose to vote and some people may be wondering whether or not it is important to vote in the next 28M, we have to say yes to them,” Sanchez said. The president has taken a strong defense of public health in the face of cuts ordered by the Mariano Rajoy government in 2012.
The government thus heads to next Sunday’s vote, one of the biggest concerns of citizens, who have demonstrated in recent months in various cities across Spain to denounce the deterioration of the public health system, leading to the closure of local health centers. It has increased by having. Center promoted by the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso in the Community of Madrid.
Sánchez took advantage of his speech this Saturday to recall other measures approved by the government in the field of health, such as the reestablishment of the National Health System, the abolition of drug co-payments for vulnerable people or the investment of more than 100 in our million euros in the country’s first mental health plan.
