The Diplomat
The mayors of localities in Campo de Gibraltar have been elected to preside over the Committees on Foreign Affairs of the Congress of Diputados and the Senate. These are, respectively, the mayors of San Roque, Juan Carlos Ruiz; y de Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce.
Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, from the PSOE, was elected last month to the position, after establishing the Commissions of the XV Legislature in the Lower Chamber.
The Gaditan deputy thanked the support received and the confidence in his candidacy from the secretary general of the PSOE and president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the secretary general of the Andalusian socialists, Juan Espadas, the spokesperson for the Grupo Parlamentario Socialista, Patxi López, and the secretary of the Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán.
The new president of the Foreign Affairs Committee said that “it is an honor and a responsibility to preside over this parliamentary body that is fundamental for the defense of the interests of our country and very especially for the interests of the province of Cádiz, in matters such as el Brexit, relations with the countries of North Africa and Latin America”.
In this sense, the mayor of San Roque has also shown his confidence in quickly fructifying the negotiations that are being maintained by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, so that at the beginning of this new legislature an agreement can be reached in relation to Gibraltar , which creates a Zone of shared prosperity.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the XV Legislature is made up of 37 representatives: 12 from the Socialist Group, 15 from the Popular Group, 3 from Sumar, 3 from Vox, 1 from PVV, 1 from Bildu, 1 from Junts, and 1 from the Mixed Group.
For his part, José Ignacio Landaluce, senator of the PP for Cádiz, will return to preside over the Senate’s Foreign Committee, a post he occupied in the XI and XII Legislatures.
During the previous legislature, Landaluce was assigned to this same committee and was a ponent for the study of the consequences derived from the exit of the United Kingdom of the European Union.
Furthermore, as a deputy, he was vice-president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Congress in the X Legislature.
