Valencia takes to the streets to welcome Alvise: tens of thousands turn out

Alvise Pérez has circulated a message in which he rejects seeking voters and instead calls for "people who fight" for 29N. It is a piece of political communication that turns conflict into the very product he offers his electorate.

The message is short and gets straight to the point: "I DON'T WANT VOTERS, I WANT PEOPLE WHO FIGHT". It is signed by **Alvise Pérez**, leader of SALF, and closes with a call to vote on **29N** and the slogan "the party is over". No programme, no figures, no proposals. Just a promise of a fight.

## What the message offers and to whom

There is a trick to the phrase. A party needs voters by definition; saying you don't want them is a way of saying you prefer militants, people ready for the trenches. It is the logic of the movement rather than that of the party. And it fits a voter profile that seeks confrontation, not governance.

The text speaks of "a corrupt system" and "an alternative". Two pieces that work together: if the system is rotten, the only way out is to break it, not to run it. The **#BastaYa** hashtag sums up that idea in two words.

## The fight as an electoral product

Spanish politics has long rewarded combative tones. A message like this is not aimed at convincing the undecided; it aims to activate those who are already angry and turn them into loudspeakers. Every share is a free militant. The mention of **Ceuta** in the hashtags points to a specific territory where the conflict narrative has traction.

The cost of this strategy is well known: it mobilises a lot and expands little. Whoever promises a fight is not promising to govern, and that limits the electoral ceiling. But for a party that lives on momentum, the ceiling matters less than the noise.

## A 29N with no substance in the message

The call for **29N** appears without explaining what is being voted on or why. It is a date and a slogan. The absence of content is part of the message: what is being asked for is not an informed vote, but emotional allegiance.

It is worth remembering that campaign promises carry no legal obligation and that no campaign message guarantees results. What is voted on is decided at the ballot box, not in a post.