The appointment as head of the Valencian Parliament, the fourth region of Spain in terms of political and budgetary weight, of Llanos Massó, the far-right candidate, is creating controversy. This ultra-Catholic activist embodies the forceful entry of Vox into Spanish institutions.
With our correspondent in Madrid, Francois Musseau,
” An ultra-Catholic, an activist against abortion, a leader who denies domestic violence. The same person, who becomes the second power in the Valencian region, it is really worrying for our democracy “, reacted the Unidas-Podemos party (Spanish left), after the appointment of Llanos Massó at the head of the Parliament of Valencia.
Originally, the new president of the regional parliament was to be Carlos Flores, but Vox changed his mind because he had already been convicted of domestic violence. Llanos Massó is one of the leaders of HazteOir, an anti-abortion lobby that wants to force pregnant women to listen to the pulse of their embryo to dissuade them from aborting or that fiercely opposes the LGBTIQ collective or even recent national legislation. on abortion.
The Catalan and Basque parties accuse Llanos Massó of wanting to do away with Valencian, the regional language co-official with Castilian. As for the Socialist Party, it considers that its appointment is a very bad omen and ” perfectly illustrates the desire of the extreme right to be more and more present in the country’s institutions “.