Llorca takes office as president of the Generalitat

With Carlos Mazón sitting in the back row of the Popular Party benches and Miguel Tellado, the PP’s general secretary, watching closely, there was no usual parade from the Valencian Parliament to the Palau de la Generalitat to be greeted by the people. Juanfran Pérez Llorca’s swearing-in as president of the Generalitat on Tuesday was strange. As promised, he began by expressing his apologies for the DANA storm.

Five days after being sworn in as president, Mazón’s successor as head of the Valencian administration returned to the Valencian Parliament to assume his seat and be sworn in. Llorca began his brief speech by expressing regret to the families of those lost in the DANA storm.

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He highlighted, “As President of the Generalitat and on behalf of the Generalitat, it is now my duty to apologise.” He went on to say, “These words go beyond just being formal.” They come from a strong belief and a desire to talk and comprehend that we must have and know how to keep.

Llorca has put the apology in the context of the role of all levels of government, not simply the Catalan administration. He has vowed to “speak clearly.” “Neither on the 29th nor in the days that followed did the public administrations live up to what society deserved.” But the victims’ groups had asked him to say why he was apologising now. Llorca, on the other hand, said that this apology “must be the beginning of a reconciliation between all the victims and all the levels of government.”

Llorca, who said he “never in his life” thought he would be president of the Generalitat, said that “things can be different.” Even yet, he has made the same basic rules for his administration as Mazón made for his own. Llorca’s main goals in this area will be housing, tax policy, and making the government easier to work with.

The new president of the Valencian government hasn’t revealed any more details about his plan, but he did express an important thought that is important considering how upset Valencian people are after the terrible storm: “Politics is a service, not a political arena.” Today is the start of a new age in which we may regain our self-respect and pride in being Valencian. In other words, to ease the pressure on the Valencian Community’s reputation after a “long and difficult” year.

He wanted to make it clear that he was committed to talking. He emphasised that the new Consell “must not be a sectarian government” and “must be open, participatory, and inclusive.” He also said that he would not turn down “any idea, no matter where it came from.”

“I believe in talking and coming to an agreement, and I want this term to be remembered for that,” Llorca said at the end.

Next, Llorca will choose his new cabinet, which is likely to be different from the last one. The incoming president of the Generalitat will have to change the executive branch to make a team that works well for him, notably in the Presidency. This will be the fourth time the cabinet has changed in the last two years.

The Official Gazette of the Valencian Government (DOGV) revealed on Tuesday that 19 temporary workers from the Office of the President of the Valencian Government had been let go. So, these were Mazón’s counsellors, and when he was fired, they too instantly stopped doing their jobs.

Author: Derek Appleton