Post by ratna2322 on Feb 20, 2024 2:02:45 GMT -8
The Popular Party of the Valencian Community consolidates its status as the fiefdom of the formation chaired by Mariano Rajoy despite the wear and tear of the economic crisis and, above all, despite the fact that its top leaders (the president, Francisco Camps, the general secretary, Ricardo Costa , or the organization secretary, Víctor Campos) have been implicated in various cases of corruption . Neither the judicial hurricane that has devastated the Valencian Community nor the replacement of Francisco Camps by Alberto Fabra after the victory in the 2011 regional elections have stopped the growth of the PPCV . Greater percentage growth than the PP average Since Judge Baltasar Garzón ordered the first arrests in the so-called 'Gürtel plot' in February 2009 until today, the Valencian PP has seen the number of its members increase by 17.9%. The growth of popular militants throughout Spain in this period was 13.07%. This increase in its militant base greater than the national total increases the weight of the Valencian regional organization within the Popular Party. A regional leader whom El Confidencial Digital has contacted affirms that “with these membership data we must have more weight in the national PP , on its own merits and because it is of interest to the national PP.” Valencian members now number 149,500 , which represents 17.3% of the total PP in Spain.
By province, Valencia brings together 58,000 militants; Alicante, 76,000; and Castellón, 15,000. One of the keys to the strength of the popular in the Valencian Community is the younger base: Nuevas Generaciones contributes 10,000 members . “Only in Andalusia – states this PP Special Database leader consulted by ECD – the PP has more members, 162,000, but with three million more people than the Valencian Community: the breadbasket of votes is in the Valencian Community.” Claim and optimism in the PPCV The readings of this growth in membership are very disparate within the Valencian Popular Party. For some sectors, the main cause is the reaction of many supporters, who in the face of the “mistreatment” that the party has suffered in recent years by the rest of the formations, the media and even the national leadership, “ has “decided to lend a hand more, becoming a member .” There are those who offer a much more pragmatic version of the increase in membership: “Precisely in times of unemployment, people approach the ruling party in case they get something.” In any case, this sustained growth of militancy in such adverse years has spread optimism in the PPCV. According to many leaders, the solidity of its social base encourages the party to fight in the 2015 regional elections . Other sources also suggest that this positive affiliation data may push Alberto Fabra to try to relaunch the party at a time when some leaders are privately making statements like “we are dead.
The only one who stood out was Cristóbal Páez, who Acknowledged before Judge Ruz that he did receive, as “gratuities”, the money that appeared in the notes delivered by Luis Bárcenas to the magistrate. Helmets alone, Arenas with three advisors Álvarez Cascos went to the court absolutely alone, walking slowly a long way from La Castellana, and carrying a briefcase on his shoulder, presumably with documents. The impression he gave is that he wanted to show that he did not feel the slightest fear or nervousness about the situation he had to live through. Javier Arenas arrived at the National Court by car, accompanied by three people, advisors to the Popular Party, including a member of the press team and a lawyer from the PP's legal services. The lawyer Gonzalo Boye and Andrés Aberasturi In the order of the anecdotes, the prosecution lawyers were chatting in a hallway of the National Court before the hearings began, and the lawyer Gonzalo Boye , representative of the Observatori per al Compliment de la Declaració Universal dels Drets Humans, one of the associations who exercises the popular accusation, took off his glasses and, while cleaning them, said jokingly: “ I know why I was seeing Bárcenas' papers so dirty ,” which caused laughter from his colleagues.