Compromís sets July 4 for assembly to ratify Mónica Oltra as mayoral candidate

The former vice-president will present her political project to the party's membership and invite other forces to attend.

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The Compromís coalition has set next July 4 as the date for an extraordinary assembly to ratify Mónica Oltra as the candidate for Mayor of Valencia.

The Valencianist coalition announced that the party's membership in the capital will have the opportunity to learn about the political project that the former vice-president will lead. The goal is to "articulate an alternative to María José Catalá's government that will dislodge PP and Vox from the Valencia City Council, and put the neighborhoods and their residents back at the center of municipal politics," according to the party's statement.
Other political forces and social organizations will be invited to this assembly, which is expected to be open. It will serve as the starting point to promote a candidacy that is "open and exciting, allowing us to restore the dignity and good governance that the citizens of Valencia deserve."
This decision comes after former Valencia mayor Joan Ribó, three weeks ago, requested in a letter to the city's executive committee to "advance rapidly in all necessary processes" to "ratify" Oltra. Ribó's request, which urged setting a date for the assembly, was adopted by the executive, although the date remained pending agreement with Oltra herself.
This call overcomes the internal differences that arose regarding the former vice-president's candidacy, which had fueled rumors about the future electoral list and the desire of Més and Iniciativa to incorporate other left-wing forces and social movements. The assembly's convocation does not yet resolve this aspect, but Ribó had also proposed "integrating other progressive parties and civil society entities" into a "unitary and exciting" list, following Compromís's municipal regulations on internal democracy, plurality, and consensus.