11th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

The 11th General Junta was the meeting of the General Junta, the parliament of the Principality of Asturias, with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 26 May 2019. The congress met for the first time on 24 June 2019.

11th General Junta
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Overview
Legislative body	General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
Term	24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) – 26 June 2023 (2023-06-26)
Election	26 May 2019
Government	Barbón I
Website	jgpa.es
Deputies
Members	45
President	Marcelino Marcos (PSOE)
First Vice-President	Alfonso Rodríguez (PSOE)
Second Vice-President	Javier Brea (PP)
First Secretary	Ovidio Zapico (IU/IX)
Second Secretary	Luis Armando Fernández (Cs)

Election

The 11th Asturian regional election was held on 26 May 2019. At the election the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) remained the largest party in the General Junta but fell short of a majority again.^[1]

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	187,462	35.26%	20	6
	People's Party (PP)	93,147	17.52%	10	1
	Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs)	74,271	13.97%	5	2
	We Can (Podemos)	58,674	11.04%	4	5
	United Left–Asturian Left: Asturias by the Left (IU–IAS)	35,174	6.62%	2	3
	Forum of Citizens (FAC)	34,687	6.52%	2	1
	Vox (Vox)	34,210	6.43%	2	2
	Others/blanks	14,059	2.64%	0
Total		531,704	100.00%	45

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 24 June 2019 and Marcelino Marcos (PSOE) was elected as President of the General Junta with the support of Podemos and United Left.^[2]

President[2]
Candidate			Votes
Marcelino Marcos		PSOE	26
Blank			19
Total			45

On 29 July 2019, with the aim of avoiding a very big mixed group, a new proposal for creating groups with only two members was allowed.^[3] This reform allowed United Left, Asturias Forum and Vox to have their own parliamentary group.

Deaths, resignations and suspensions

The 11th General Junta has seen the following deaths, resignations and suspensions:

• 29 May 2019 – Carmen Moriyón, leader of Foro Asturias and the number 1 candidate on FAC's list for the Central District, declined to take her seat in the General Junta after her party's poor results in the elections.^[4] She was replaced by Pedro Leal (FAC).
• 24 June 2019 - Juan Vazquez, an independent politician and number 1 candidate on Ciudadanos' list for the Central District, resigned a few hours after taking his seat, after political dissagrements with Ciudadanos' new pact policy, among other things.^[5] Ana Rosa Fonseca, also an independent politician, was number 6 candidate on Ciudadanos' list, and therefore, she should replace Juan Vazquez as deputy. However, she declined to take her seat for similar reasons than the ones put up by Vazquez.^[6] Susana Fernández (Cs) replaced Vazquez on 12 July 2019.^[7]
• 30 December 2019 - Ana María Coto (Cs) resigned after voting differently from her colleagues before the regional budget.^[8] On 4 January 2021, Cristobal de la Coba, who should replace Coto, announced that he will not be taking his seat.^[9] She was replaced by Luis Fanjul Villa on 7 January 2020.^[10]
• 19 November 2020 - Lorena Gil (Podemos), spokesperson for Podemos, resigned due to political disagreements with her party, saying that there were "obstacles" that prevented her from doing her political job correctly.^[11] Ricardo Menéndez (Independent, Podemos) replaced her on 23 December 2021, after Jara Cosculluela (Podemos), who was up in the list, declined to take her seat.^[12][13]
• 4 January 2022 - Laura Pérez Macho (Cs) resigned after various clashes with the regional leadership of the party.^[14] She was replaced by Manuel Cifuentes (Cs) on 26 January 2022.^[15]
• 17 December 2022 - Ignacio Blanco (Vox) announced his intention not to lead his party in the 2023 Asturian regional election.^[16] He also resigned as deputy. His decision came a few days after 'El Español' reported that Blanco was behind a society that owned a shopping centre in Llobregat (Barcelona) that was about to close down precisely because of the debt generated by that society.^[17] Blanco told 'La Nueva España': "My law firm has been dedicated to debt restructuring since 2009, and I am a bankruptcy administrator in many cases". He added that his resignation had nothing to do with the issue, and that it was a personal one in order to return to his job as lawyer.^[18] Javier Jové (Vox) replaced him on 14 February 2023.^[19]

Members

Name	Constituency	No.	Party		Alliance		Group	Took office	Left office	Notes
Alfonso Albaladejo	Central	9		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Alba Álvarez	Western	2		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Pablo Álvarez-Pire	Central	4		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Sara Concepción Álvarez	Central	2		Vox		Vox	Vox	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Adrián Barbón	Central	1		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ignacio Blanco	Central	1		Vox		Vox	Vox	24 June 2019	17 December 2022	Replaced by Javier Jové
Javier Brea	Eastern	2		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
María Dolores Carcedo	Central	4		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Manuel Cifuentes	Central	10		Cs		Cs	Citizens	26 January 2022	26 June 2023	Replaces Laura Pérez Macho
Juan Cofiño	Central	3		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ana María Coto	Central	2		Independent		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	30 December 2019	Replaced by Luis Carlos Fanjul
Luis Carlos Fanjul	Central	9		Cs		Cs	Citizens	28 January 2020	26 June 2023	Replaces Ana María Coto
José Manuel Felgueres	Eastern	1		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Susana Fernández	Central	7		Cs		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	26 June 2023	Replaces Juan Vázquez[5]
Luis Armando Fernández	Central	5		Cs		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	26 June 2023	Expelled from Citizens in May 2022,[20] later joined the Mixed group in July 2022.[21]
	N/A	N/A		Independent		Independent	Mixed
José Ramón Fernández	Central	13		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Celia Fernández	Central	2		Independent		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Lidia Fernández	Western	4		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Luis Ramón Fernández	Central	7		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Reyes Fernández	Central	2		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Enrique Fernández	Central	5		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Esther Freile	Eastern	3		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Gloria García	Central	6		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Sergio García	Central	3		Cs		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Lorena Gil	Central	1		Podemos		Podemos	Podemos Asturias	24 June 2019	19 November 2020	Replaced by Ricardo Menéndez
Ana González Cachero	Central	6		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Pablo González	Central	3		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Javier Jové	Central	3		Vox		Vox	Vox	14 February 2023	26 June 2023	Replaces Ignacio Blanco
Pedro Leal	Central	3		FAC		FAC	Asturias Forum	24 June 2019	26 June 2023	Replaces Carmen Moriyón[22]
Jimena Llamedo	Eastern	1		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Noelia Macías	Central	10		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Teresa Mallada	Central	1		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Marcelino Marcos	Western	1		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ricardo Menéndez	Central	6		Independent		Podemos	Podemos Asturias	23 December 2020	26 June 2023	Replaces Lorena Gil
Ángel Morales	Eastern	2		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Carmen Ordieres	Central	12		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Rafael Palacios	Central	4		Podemos		Podemos	Podemos Asturias	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Laura Pérez Macho	Central	4		Cs		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	4 January 2022	Replaced by Manuel Cifuentes
Beatriz Polledo	Central	5		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Adrián Pumares	Central	2		FAC		FAC	Asturias Forum	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Álvaro Queipo	Western	1		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Daniel Ripa	Central	2		Podemos		Podemos	Podemos Asturias	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Nuria Rodríguez	Central	3		Podemos		Podemos	Podemos Asturias	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Mónica Ronderos	Central	8		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
René Suárez	Central	11		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ricardo Suárez	Western	3		FSA		PSOE	Socialists	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ángela Vallina	Central	1		IU/IX		IU–IAS	United Left	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Juan Vázquez	Central	1		Cs		Cs	Citizens	24 June 2019	24 June 2019	Replaced by Susana Fernández
Cristina Vega	Western	2		PPA		PP	People's	24 June 2019	26 June 2023
Ovidio Zapico	Central	2		IU/IX		IU–IAS	United Left	24 June 2019	26 June 2023

References

1. "General Junta of the Principality of Asturias election results, 26 May 2019" (PDF). www.juntaelectoralcentral.es (in Spanish). Electoral Commission of Asturias. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
2. "Marcelino Marcos, nuevo presidente de la Junta" (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 24 June 2019.
3. "Aprobada la reforma del reglamento que otorgará más visibilidad y recursos a IU, Foro y Vox" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 July 2019.
4. Ardura, Juan (29 May 2019). "Moriyón renuncia a ser diputada autonómica: "tras una derrota lo correcto es dimitir"". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. "Juan Vázquez (Cs) renuncia a ser diputado autonómico: "Han cambiado las orientaciones de la formación a la que me incorporé"" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 24 June 2019.
6. Machargo, Susana (26 June 2019). "Nueva dimisión en las filas de Ciudadanos". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
7. "Serie P, Número 3, Pleno" (PDF). Diario de Sesiones, XI Legislatura (in Spanish). Junta General del Principado de Asturias. 12 July 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
8. "La única diputada que no cobraba, de Cs, salva el Presupuesto de Barbón y dimite". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
9. "Cristóbal de la Coba, el sustituto de Ana Coto en la Junta, rechaza el acta por "un proyecto profesional"". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 4 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
10. "El economista Luis Carlos Fanjul, nuevo diputado de Ciudadanos". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
11. "Gil dimite y entrega la so acta de diputada". Asturies.com (in Asturian). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
12. "Jara Cosculluela renuncia a ser diputada de Podemos y cede el puesto al escritor Menéndez Salmón". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
13. "La Xunta Xeneral refuga les enmiendes a la totalidá a los Presupuestos del 2021". Asturies.com (in Asturian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021. Na sesión de güei tomó posesión Ricardo Menéndez Salmón como diputáu por Podemos. [In today's session Ricardo Menéndez took his seat as deputy for Podemos]
14. Paneque, Eduardo (4 January 2022). "Dimite Laura Pérez Macho, una de las diputadas críticas de Ciudadanos". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
15. "Manuel Cifuentes toma posesión como diputado de Ciudadanos". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
16. Montes, Vicente (2022-12-18). "Ignacio Blanco anuncia que no será candidato de Vox y que pone sus cargos a disposición". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
17. Gómez, Verónica (17 December 2022). "Un dirigente de Vox detrás del cierre del Llobregat Centre de Cornellà". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
18. Montes, Vicente (2022-12-18). "Los motivos por los que Ignacio Blanco, presidente de Vox en Asturias, no se presentará a las autonómicas". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
19. Moriyón, Ana (2023-02-14). "El abogado Javier Jové jura su cargo como diputado de Vox tras la dimisión de Blanco". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
20. Palacio, Marcos (2022-05-05). "Ciudadanos expulsa al diputado Fernández Bartolomé, que se niega a entregar el acta". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
21. Montes, Vicente; Palacio, Marcos (2022-07-28). "La expulsión de Bartolomé del grupo de Cs en la Junta le otorga al final más visibilidad". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
22. "Carmen Moriyón renuncia a su escaño pero mantendrá la presidencia de Foro" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 May 2015.

External links

• Official website of the General Junta
• All members of the General Junta