Objective accomplished. The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, was appointed, on April 11, to the national board of directors (the party's highest body between congresses) with which he kicked off the electoral campaign, winning the municipal elections and get more regional governments, and he has succeeded. The PP won the municipal elections, throughout Spain, by four points and more than 800,000 votes, while in those four years ago it lost by seven and more than a million votes. The PP is up 11 points and the PSOE is down two. And the PP, which now governed in five autonomous communities, according to all data could govern in up to five more autonomous communities, which turns the PP's triumph, according to Cuca Gamarra, into "a resounding and unappealable victory".
But, in addition, the PP knew that it was not enough to win in communities such as La Rioja, Cantabria, or even the Balearic Islands, which the PSOE could sell as a triumph if it kept its four crown jewels: Community Valencian, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura.
But, in addition, the PP saw how the data said that a city they did not count on, Seville, falling on the side of the PP, and with Vox could govern, since the right-wing bloc had more councilors than the left-wing . This mayorship was added to that of the city of Valencia, which had not been in the hands of the PP since the time of Rita Barberá.
Feijóo pointed out yesterday from the balcony of Génova that his party is "centered" and that is where the "immense majority of Spanish citizens fit in." Spain has started a new political cycle. Spain has given us confidence. It has gained centrality in the face of radicalism, respect in the face of disqualifications", he said.
With these data, which the polls had been pointing to for days, since eight in the evening, when the polling stations closed and Alberto Núñez Feijóo arrived on Calle Génova, smiles could be seen in all the corridors, both on the seventh floor, where the national leadership of the PP followed the data, and in the street, where numerous supporters of the PP celebrated the data, which they had not obtained in such a clear way since 2011.
The PP sees Feijóo closer to Moncloa. "The blue tide has won the elections, a blue tide, very blue", assured PP sources who could be seen around the press room and talked casually with the journalists. The conclusion was forceful: "The Spanish have spoken loud and clear" and what these results mean "is an absolute cycle change", "the defeat of Sanchism", which has been possible, they emphasized, because "there is an alternative that convince". Or, in other words, "the elections are a KO for Sánchez".
The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, in a press conference before Feijóo went out on the balcony of Génova with Ayuso and Almeida, stressed that the victory of the PP "is resounding", that the PP "has understood the message" and that " we will continue working and governing for everyone".
The interpretation that number two of the PP makes of the results is that "there is an enormous desire for change" and that "the alternative is unstoppable". The good data obtained today by the PP represent for the popular people "a greater incentive" to continue working for change in Spain, and it assures the Spanish that "we are absolutely prepared" to face this change" and they are convinced that "the citizens they are waiting".
Popular people believe that Sánchez should reflect on what has happened, and not only on his results, but those obtained by other parties such as Bildu. And it is that for the PP the good results of the Abertzale coalition are due "to the whitewash that Sánchez has made of the formation since the moment in which "they have made him a stable partner".
But the PP knows that with these results Feijóo will have to face an issue that may condition his march towards Mocloa, the need to agree with Vox to build a large part of the regional and municipal governments.
A debate that the president of the PP has always wanted to avoid but which he will have to face very soon. Yesterday at the PP they didn't even want to hear about it, they wanted to enjoy the day. From Tuesday, when the national board meets, they will have to face the situation.
