Another doubt has been cleared today. Ondara already has an agreement by which the government will be constituted in the locality for the next four years. This morning, the elected councilors of the PSPV-PSOE and Compromís per Ondara have presented and publicly signed the government pact they have reached to govern in the City Council until 2027.
The elected councilor and candidate of the PSPV for mayor of Ondara, José Ramiro, and the elected councilor and Compromís candidate, Jordi Dominguis, have offered a joint press conference at the town hall, in which they have specified the details of the pact of government. According to this pact, the mayor of Ondara will be José Ramiro. During the appearance, the PSPV and Compromís have announced the delegations that each councilor will hold, as well as the main points of the agreement reached, the organization of the Government Team, the Mayor's Office and Mayor's Offices, and the work teams and Councilors.
Ramiro and Dominguis have been accompanied in their public appearance by the members of their respective candidacies, who will become part of the municipal corporation and the Government Team of the Ondara City Council. On behalf of the PSPV, in addition to Ramiro Pastor, will be Raquel Mengual Bisquert, Miguel Gomis Sancho, Rosa Ana Marí Blasco and Jordi Ruíz-Orejón Zamora. On behalf of Compromís, in addition to Dominguis Vidal, Nerea Mallol Lorenzo and Lluís Fornés Gasquet will enter as councilors.
Regarding the organization of the new government team, the mayor will be José Ramiro, the first deputy mayor will be Jordi Dominguis, the second deputy mayor will be Raquel Mengual, the third deputy mayor will be Lluís Fornés and the fourth will be Rosa Ana Marí . The spokesperson for the Government Team will be Jordi Dominguis.
From the new Government Team, as of this Saturday, June 17, when the plenary session of constitution of the new corporation will take place at 11:00 a.m., they have made it clear that they understand that "citizens, through the results of municipal elections, they continue to want a progressive government for Ondara, granting a sufficiently high number of councilors to guarantee governability with the basic premises of transparency and citizen participation.
They affirm that their main objective is “to continue guaranteeing governability and, for this, we signed this Government Pact. Pact developed in a joint, consensual and stable program that reaffirms the government model established in 2015 for four more years. It will therefore be the third legislature of a Government Pact in which PSPV-PSOE and Compromís affirm that "it is signed from the professionalism and mutual trust of both political formations as basic features in the confluence of the respective electoral programs." A Government Pact in which, considering that PSPV-PSOE and Compromís assume co-responsibility in each and every one of the decisions that are taken from the different work areas, the appropriate mechanisms will be created so that decision-making has a collective nature. Given the ethical and committed value of the alliance, and to guarantee compliance with the provisions, A Monitoring Commission will be created made up of members external to the current councilors so that the integrating desire of the government pact is reflected.
Jordi Dominguis has stated that they have reached a "fair agreement" and that they will make it a "stable agreement", saying that "it was a necessary pact in the current political moments" because "we need progress policies to have continuity", adding that «we conclude the stage of competitiveness and negotiation; now it is necessary to start working all together, the stage of politics begins with a capital P».
For his part, José Ramiro has indicated that "the agreement arrives on time, giving and yielding all parties, because the most important thing is Ondara." He has thanked Compromís for his understanding and has stated that "we have had 8 years of progress that have been very good for the people of Ondara with very beneficial progressive policies." Ramiro has assured: «We have the best councilors and councilors for the best councilors; we are a single team that we are going to support each other in these next 4 years ». He adding that "the pact shows that we want the people of Ondara to progress with a stable and strong team", and that "we have a great team to have 4 years of progress for the people of Ondara". He has taken the opportunity to say that the two government programs presented by the parties in the May 2023 elections are similar and in no case contradictory, therefore, compliance with practically all the proposals of the two programs is not waived. Next, Ramiro has detailed the basic points of the agreement and the composition and areas of the new corporation.
Points of understanding between both parties
The basic points of the government pact between the Socialists and Compromís for Ondara are the following, as they have detailed:
- We will facilitate stability in governance, always thinking of the best for the people, both in the short and long term, and that what is beneficial for Ondara is also enduring and assumed by future corporations.
- We will comply with this agreement from the first to the last day, from the inauguration to the end of the legislature, in order to guarantee firmness within the government team. In addition, we will fight and stand up for the entire team and each one of those responsible who come out of the organization of the positions (mayor's office, mayoral deputies, councilors, government bodies, etc.), at all times and situations.
- Professionalism, efficiency and common sense will prevail when organizing and managing the new government team, and all prominence and partisan interests will be avoided.
- We will carry out progressive policies and we will work to maintain the form of government of the people, involving the people in the participatory and assembly culture, and in short, we will make the sovereignty reside in the people.
General lines of the government program
After analyzing the two government programs presented by the parties in the May 2023 elections, it is concluded that both programs are similar and in no case contradictory, therefore, compliance with practically all the proposals of both programs is not waived. . Having said this, some general priority lines are marked:
- Social Attention: We will continue supporting families or people who are at risk of social exclusion and we will pay special attention to girls, boys and our elderly people, since they are the most vulnerable in any adverse situation. In addition, regarding the fundamental right of access to housing, work will be done to achieve more public-private offer with preference for social housing for youth.
- Transparency and Participation: During the last eight years, these guidelines have been met, but we want to go one step further and we want to make access to the transparency portal on the City Council website more intuitive and easy and to continue publishing more information for citizens and citizens (subsidies and financial aid granted, inventory of municipal assets, public economic audit available to the people...).
- In relation to citizen participation, we will fully develop the Citizen Participation Regulations approved in the last legislature, so that sovereignty continues to reside in the People.
- Urban development: Once the numerous urban development agreements that our town hall had with residents of the town, which conditioned the urban growth of the municipality, have expired, the time has come to make it grow in a rational and sustainable way, developing the current PGOU where the Barri sectors stand out. del Crist and Blasco Ibáñez - Av. Adolfo Suárez. In addition, the PGOU will be updated to guarantee the unification of the schools and the adaptation to new needs of the technical area.
- Organization: We will continue to bet on horizontal management, where each councilor is responsible for their area, supported by the entire government team. In the same way, we are committed to the transversality of the councils to make the work areas more communicative.
- Economic status of the City Council: We will continue to systematically evaluate all public policies to find out what works and what does not in the consistory, seeking information for taxpayers on the effectiveness of each policy that is implemented and the economic or social return of every euro invested. It's not about spending more, it's about spending better.
- The effective, efficient and effective management of all the resources of the City Council and the town: We want to move towards a sustainable town model that is committed to the environment, renewable energy and sustainable commerce that improves our town and the day-to-day life of its neighbors and neighbors Work with fewer economic resources to obtain more and better results.
