Ciudadanos has said enough is enough, at least for now, and will not stand for the general elections on July 23. This has been decided by the Orange Executive after an "urgent" National Committee in which the disastrous results obtained in the recent regional and municipal elections of 28-M have been analyzed. "Now that Sánchez repeats the plebiscite on himself, we have reached the conclusion that the Spanish do not see us as a transformative political alternative," his secretary general, Adrián Vázquez, acknowledged with a serious gesture.
The movement is not a full stop but a full stop and, as Vázquez has declared, "the committee has decided that the most intelligent way to defend ideas is for us not to attend while we prepare for the new political scenario that seems to open up ".
"We are not giving up, and from today we are working on a strengthened project to organically and intellectually rearm ourselves and offer a more attractive project for the Spanish," he reiterated after a meeting attended by the person in charge at the national level, Patricia Guasp, the spokesperson in Congress, Inés Arrimadas; the still acting deputy mayor of Madrid, Begoña Villacís; and the leader of the formation in Catalonia, Carlos Carrizosa, among others.
National sources admit that, given the current "so polarized" context, a liberal party like Ciudadanos "rows against all odds." And they see it as a daunting task to stand out in the next elections proposed as a "plebiscite" for Sánchez between the left and right blocks.
Vázquez has confirmed the parenthesis of Cs two hours after the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, pressured the orange formation so that it did not appear in the general elections. "In my opinion, it would be an exercise in maturity and responsibility on behalf of the Spain that is waiting for the change, which is appreciated." "We cannot let a few votes be lost and not translate into seats and prevent majorities for a reformist party such as the PP to govern," the Galician had pointed out at the National Board of Directors held by the PP at the Genoa headquarters .
The orange crisis has been going on for a long time -first in the repetition of the 2019 general elections and already last year with the setbacks in the autonomous communities of Castilla y León and Andalusia-, but last Sunday was the official confirmation since the liberal formation He did not obtain representation in any of the autonomies in contention and was also left out of the Madrid City Council, where Begoña Villacís held the vice mayor's office.
The icing on the cake, in this case poisoned, was carried out by the party's own national spokeswoman, Patricia Guasp, who also failed to revalidate her seat in the Balearic Islands. Which, in practice, is the same as saying that in Ciudadanos they did not even have a candidate to present to 23-J.
