No 916 Monday 25th April - Sunday 1st May 2022
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C L A RO D O E S N O T S U P P O R T M O T I O N OF CENSURE
C.L.A.R.O. does not support the motion of censure which will be voted on today(Monday, 25 April) and which is intended to bring about a change of government in Orihuela. C.L.A.R.O. considers that the political manoeuvres to install a PSOE and Ciudadanos coalition government represent political opportunism. Until a week ago, Ciudadanos had been in Popular Party - Ciudadanos governments for 7 years. However, nationally, they, are in serious danger of political extinction. Ciudadanos Orihuela (opposed by their own provincial political authorities) have seized the opportunity to change partners and keep the same basic government responsibilities, in order to avoid their extinction locally. The present PSOE leadership in Orihuela, meanwhile, by achieving the position of Mayor, are trying to avoid an internal challenge which could see their senior members replaced by others who would head the party
in next year’s local elections. As to Cambiemos, who support the motion of censure but who will not be present in the new government, their motives are less clear. They have chosen, however, to break the coalition with C.L.A.R.O. They signed the proposed motion of censure in the name of Cambiemos-Unidas Podemos, not CAMBIEMOS ORIHUELA CLARO: UNIDAS PODEMOS, the name of the coalition which contested the elections in 2019. C.L.A.R.O. did not participate in the negotiation of the proposed motion of censure and we were given a minimum of information about developments. On a matter of such fundamental political importance C.L.A.R.O. was excluded by its coalition partner. The coalition is therefore de facto ended. Perhaps Cambiemos were told that C.L.A.R.O’S participation was vetoed as, apparently, Cambiemos’s inclusion in the new government was vetoed. Whatever, by their choice the Cambiemos-Claro coalition is ended.