On Saturday 17 June the council meetings will be held to appoint the mayors for the coming term, twenty days after the elections.
In our town, as no absolute majority (half plus one) has been achieved, the parties will have to strike deals to reach one, either with the votes in favour of other political parties or with their abstention.
Following the results of yesterday’s election day, the distribution of councillors was as follows:
- Compromiso: 5
- PP: 4
- Izquierda Unida: 4
- PSOE: 3
- VOX: 1
This means the following 5 governing pacts could be formed to obtain a majority:
- Compromiso + PP
- Compromiso + IU
- Compromiso + PSOE + VOX
- PP + IU + PSOE
- PP + IU + VOX
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According to interviews conducted by this newsroom with all the candidates, the winner of these municipal elections, Mario Jiménez of Compromiso Manilva, would be open to talking to all political forces in order to form a government, but some of the political opponents he needs to give him that majority were putting up obstacles.
Partido Popular
The Compromiso + Partido Popular equation gives a sufficient majority, but José Manuel Fernández, the Partido Popular candidate, made clear his «red lines», which he would not cross because the Compromiso candidate is caught up in pending legal proceedings.
Izquierda Unida
The Compromiso + Izquierda Unida pact would also give a majority, but in the same way, Agustín Vargas, head of the Izquierda Unida list, firmly expressed his refusal to make a deal with the party that took his victory away in the last elections, stating that «if Málaga forces me, I’ll go home».
PSOE
The Compromiso + PSOE agreement, which was the one in place in the last term, does not add up to a majority, and at least one more party would have to join. Diego José Jiménez, head of the PSOE list, gave us to understand that he would wait for the results before starting whatever talks were necessary.
VOX
Antonio Marín, the VOX candidate, also made it very clear that he would not make any kind of pact with left-wing parties, so if he maintains that position, he will not support a possible Compromiso + PSOE + VOX pact.
OTHER OPTIONS
In light of all of the above, and if the various candidates keep their word (in Manilva anything is possible), the PP + IU + PSOE pact could be one of the combinations that could give the municipality a stable government.
We will await the talks over the coming days, but there is a chance that once again in Manilva the party that has obtained the most votes could be left out. That is what happened in the last municipal elections in 2019, when Izquierda Unida was the most-voted force but the Compromiso pact with PSOE, which the PP would later join, left I.U. in opposition.
