Papi Robles
Carmen Luisa "Papi" Robles Galindo (born 7 December 1982)[1] is a Spanish politician of Coalició Compromís. She was a deputy in the Corts Valencianes from 2019 to 2023, and was then elected to Valencia City Council.
Biography
[edit]Born in Murcia, Robles was raised in Orihuela in the Valencian Community and learned the language known as Valencian in the region.[2] She is a forest engineer.[3] According to Robles, her nickname came from an uncle who had lived in Russia and learned the word papirusa, meaning a pretty woman.[4] She was active in Scouting between the ages of 8 and 28.[4] She moved to the city of Valencia around 2004.[4]
In the 2019 Valencian regional election, Robles was placed sixth on the Coalició Compromís list in the Valencia constituency.[5] The coalition took nine seats in the constituency and sixteen overall, forming the second government of Ximo Puig, led by the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) and also assisted by Unides Podem.[6][7] In January 2022, after the resignation of Fran Ferri, Robles was chosen as the Compromís spokesperson in the Corts Valencianes.[8]
In October 2022, Robles was chosen in second place on the list of incumbent Valencia mayor Joan Ribó for the 2023 election.[9] The left lost control of the city council, with María José Catalá of the People's Party (PP) forming a minority government.[10] After the resignation of Ribó, Robles succeeded him as party spokesperson in the council in November 2023. She proposed new housing for locals, limiting cruise ship arrivals, ending new tourist apartments and limiting rent.[11]
Catalá chose Robles to be the standard bearer carrying the Flag of the Valencian Community in the city's celebrations on 9 October 2024. She and her party did not take part in the religious aspects of the celebrations at Valencia Cathedral due to belief that the city's festival should not prioritise one religion; she handed the flag over to Catalá for that part of the event.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Carmen Luisa Robles Galindo" (in Spanish). Corts Valencianes. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Rives, M. A. (10 February 2022). "Papi Robles, "una murciana crecida en Orihuela y que vive en València", debuta como síndica de Compromís en las Cortes" [Papi Robles, "a Murcian woman raised in Orihuela and who lives in Valencia", debuts as Compromís spokesperson in the Corts]. Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Vázquez, Cristina (18 November 2023). "Papi Robles (Compromís): "El PP está haciendo trumpismo y para eso no le hace falta Vox"" [Papi Robles (Compromís): "The PP is doing Trumpism and it doesn't need Vox for that"]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Papi Robles: "La montaña me aporta una sensación de libertad espectacular"" [Papi Robles: "The mountains bring me a sensation of spectacular freedom"] (in Spanish). Valencia Plaza. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Así quedan las listas de Compromís a las Cortes Valencianas para las elecciones del 28 de abril" [These are the Compromís lists for the Corts Valencianes elections of 28 April]. ABC (in Spanish). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Estos son los 99 diputados que compondrán las Cortes Valencianas la próxima legislatura" [These are the 99 deputies who will make up the next legislature of the Corts Valencianes]. ABC (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Vázquez, Cristina; Bono, Ferran (12 June 2019). "Ximo Puig cierra un acuerdo con Compromís y Unides Podem para el Gobierno de la Comunidad Valenciana" [Ximo Puig seals an agreement with Compromís and Unides Podem for the Government of the Valencian Community]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Marcos, Lucas (16 January 2022). "Papi Robles, la nueva portavoz de Compromís en las Corts Valencianes para la recta final de la legislatura". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Alós, Carlos; Vigara, José Miguel; Domínguez, Moisés (3 October 2022). "La portavoz de Compromís Papi Robles reforzará la lista de Ribó en València" [Compromís spokesperson Papi Robles will bolster Ribó's list in Valencia]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Romero, Víctor (17 June 2023). "María José Catalá, elegida alcaldesa en minoría en Valencia con los votos del Partido Popular" [María José Catalá, elected mayor in minority in Valencia with the votes of the People's Party]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Robles reivindica en su estreno como portavoz que Compromís es "la única alternativa" a Catalá" [Robles claims on her debut as Compromís spokesperson that she is "the only alternative" to Catalá] (in Spanish). Valencia Plaza. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Papi Robles: "No tinc problema a entrar a la catedral, però la processó cívica del Nou d'Octubre ha de ser per a tots"" [Papi Robles: "I have no problem with entering the cathedral, but the civic procession of the Ninth of October gas to be for everybody"]. À Punt (in Catalan). 1 October 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.