The new president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, announced this Wednesday his cabinet in which he maintains all the advisors of his predecessor, Carlos Mazón, except for the head of the Treasury (Ruth Merino), creates two new ministries, Presidency (very reinforced) and Social Services, Childhood and Family, and dismantles the presidential structure of his predecessor.
The new head of the Consell maintains in the Valencian government the two councilors most criticized by the families of the victims of the dana, but takes away their powers directly linked to the floods that caused 230 deaths in the province of Valencia on October 29 of last year. Susana Camarero will continue to be vice president, but will not serve as spokesperson for the Consell, as she was with the previous one. president. In this sense, he has suffered great wear and tear during the year that he has been acting as a parapet for the very controversial management of the Dana de Mazón that finally led him to present his resignation on November 3.
He will be replaced in this role by the veteran PP politician who was the PP’s parliamentary spokesperson before assuming the Ministry of Agriculture. Miguel Barrachina. A tough profile with proven loyalty to the party, which contrasts with the calls for moderation and dialogue that Pérez Llorca repeatedly invokes since he was sworn in as president last Thursday.
Camarero will also not continue with the powers of Social Services, which includes the elderly and dependent people. The vice president has been summoned as a witness by the investigating magistrate of the dana criminal case for the death of 37 dependents connected to the telecare service. It will continue with the Housing and Equality portfolios and incorporates Employment and Youth.
Pérez Llorca also keeps one of the most controversial councilors and a personal friend of Mazón, José Antonio Rovira, in the Consell, but changes the portfolios of Education, Culture and Universities to that of Economy and Finance. Rovira left for his home in Alicante on the morning of the crime and his management was also the subject of numerous criticisms from the victims. Ruth Merino leaves the Ministry of the Treasury, the only counselor in the Mazón government who will not continue in office. Mari Carmen Ortiz, educational inspector and director of the Popular University of Valencia, will be his replacement at the head of Education, Culture and Universities.
He president has created two new ministries with respect to the previous Government: that of the Presidency, where it has removed and dispensed with Mazón’s positions, and that of Social Services, Children and Family. Pepe Díez will occupy the first position with the rank of vice president. Graduate in Law, until now general director of Strategic Projects and previously was a lawyer for the Generalitat. In the second, it will be directed by Elena Albalat, until now regional secretary of the Social and Health System.
There will be three vice presidents: Pepe Díez, Susana Camarero and Vicente Martínez Mus, one of the highest-rated directors, who will continue with the Recovery, Environment and Territory portfolios, to which Energy is incorporated.
In addition, the councilors who maintain the powers they held in the outgoing government of Carlos Mazón are Marciano Gómez in Health; Juan Carlos Valderrama in Emergencies and Interior; Marian Cano in Industry, Tourism, Innovation and Commerce, and Nuria Martínez in Justice, although from now on with the powers of Transparency and without those of Public Administration. Miguel Barrachina also retains his powers.
Pérez Llorca has also announced the appointment of a Commissioner for recovery after the damage, assigned to the vice presidency of Mus. who will be Raúl Mérida, until now regional secretary of the Environment. “I want there to be clear command and real coordination and to reinforce the recovery with the town councils, the affected sectors and also with the Government,” explained the new head of the Consell in his first appearance at the Palau de la Generalitat.
He president He has reiterated his intention to give “a lot of emphasis” during his government to housing, youth and employment policies, which “are transversal to the entire Generalitat.” “That is why I want to reinforce the role of this Vice Presidency and of Susana Camarero in these powers, which for me are going to be a very priority,” he stressed.
In the Presidency, Llorca has announced that he will assume the linguistic policy powers, which until now depended on Education. “From here we will reinforce the use and promotion of Valencian,” he stated about an issue that Vox, his parliamentary partner, has made a battle against the Valencian Language Academy. The president defends it, but he has to include changes in its operation.
He has also announced the incorporation “in the coming days” of three regional secretaries: Henar Molinero as Secretary of the Presidency (who already held a very similar position during the mandate of Francisco Camps); Jacobo Navarro as regional secretary of Strategic Analysis and Public Policy and Vicente Ordaz as regional secretary of Communication. Therefore, Ordaz will no longer chair the board of directors of À Punt.
