Overview
- Valencian president Carlos Mazón has secluded himself in Alicante, limiting contacts to a small circle and not planning a decision this weekend, according to party sources cited by ABC.
- The judge in Catarroja has requested the parking ticket to verify timings after a Levante-EMV report on Mazón’s movements, and journalist Maribel Vilaplana is slated to testify Monday, El Periódico reports.
- Provincial PP leaders Vicent Mompó, Marta Barrachina and Toni Pérez moved to rally around Mompó and sent a message to party headquarters that Mazón’s position is untenable, according to ABC and La Vanguardia.
- Mompó cannot replace Mazón during this term because he is not a Les Corts deputy, prompting discussion of an interim deputy-based handover to avoid early elections, with names such as Juanfran Pérez Llorca floated in La Vanguardia’s analysis.
- The state funeral for DANA victims became a turning point as families publicly demanded Mazón’s resignation, while national PP figures counsel prudence and warn the crisis is damaging the party’s prospects, ABC reports.