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Global Agreement at Alicante Chamber of Commerce Avoids Re-election Voting

A pact between candidacies configures the plenary and facilitates the continuity of the presidency without the need for ballots.

Generic image of a business agreement, with two hands shaking over a document.
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Generic image of a business agreement, with two hands shaking over a document.

The renewal of the plenary of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce is heading towards an unopposed re-election of its president, after candidacies reached a global agreement that avoids any voting.

This pact, affecting the seven groups that could have gone to the polls, leaves the plenary fully configured and turns the presidential election into a mere formality. The decisive move occurred in group 9.2, where one of the candidates submitted their resignation to take on the role of advisory member, a position provided for in the chamber's regulations.
With their withdrawal, the group is finally composed of Enrique Martín (Ibidem) and Jaime Vives (Vives Asesores, Calp), both incorporated by consensus within the general agreement. Sources close to the chamber emphasize that Vives Asesores is a sole proprietorship, with no relation to other figures, thus refuting interpretations that sought to link them to fuel internal tensions. Furthermore, Jaime Vives had already shown his support for the president's team in the now-concluding legislature.
The pact also configures group 7.2, notably including four prominent women in Alicante's gastronomy, a fact that had not been widely publicized. These are Susi Díaz (La Finca), Silvia Castelló (Nou Manolín), Mar del Mar Valera (president of APEHA), and Aurora Torres (Eurotoques delegate). Their inclusion strengthens sectoral representation and provides significant symbolic weight in a traditionally male-dominated plenary.
In parallel, business sources confirm that Supermercados Más y Más (Juan Fornés SA) will not repeat in the group of companies with the highest contribution, a significant change from the previous cycle. With all groups closed and no need for ballots, the new plenary will be constituted with a distribution agreed upon by the candidacies.
The absence of internal competition clears the way for the re-election without opposition, in a context marked by their judicial situation in the case of the commerce bonds, but also by the business community's desire to preserve institutional stability. The Chamber will hold the constitutive session of the plenary in the coming weeks, where the election of the president and the Executive Committee will be formalized.

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