Rajoy and Cospedal knew the decision before summer – The Reason

Rajoy and Cospedal knew the decision before summer – The Reason

Ana Botella’s announcement that it will not repeat as a candidate for mayor of Madrid not caught by surprise yesterday or the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, or the general secretary of the PP, María Dolores de Cospedal. Step back and was spoken. But the time was a bottle to give it does open a hole in the political agenda of the party. “With Bottle withdrawal without candidate, this may be a mess,” held yesterday afternoon a senior PP.

times the mark Rajoy and the decision, too. Last weekend Rajoy met the “hard core” of the direction of their training to address the new political course, electoral strategy and main challenges facing the PP to successfully address the general elections within a year. These are undoubtedly the situation of the Popular Party in Madrid, and the difficulties they face in other “fiefdoms” as Valencia. The meeting was attended by the leadership of the party, but here in the “confinement” in Sigüenza, as confirmed to this newspaper several assistants, not a word was spoken candidates, not brought up the issue and Madrid took the stage any name. The impression was among the attendees is that the decision will be made where deemed appropriate Mariano Rajoy and he will also lead the times.

I was in Andalusia, where the pressures of the regional party for the relay shall be settled Javier Arenas were found with the wall clock Rajoy, not even the efforts of Cospedal prevented the end was the president who decides who and when. In the case of Madrid, Ana Botella removal clears the way the prime minister to power the expectation of change and renewal. But Rajoy is waiting to see where breathes the PSOE to move your chips and, as far as you can, also hasten this time deadlines. Find a coup to take effect with oxygen to maintain the capital Madrid and do not want the ‘cartel’ chosen to wear prematurely.

A day after the closure of Sigüenza, in the National Executive Committee PP leader influenced with party leaders on the need to focus on the economy and add value to the public that the recovery is underway. Of applications for municipal and regional elections for the upcoming elections said recently: “There is no hurry.” Rajoy told the Executive that the deadline for submission is “what makes the Law” and “no hurry” to make known the names. That is, that up to 15 or April 20 is not required to submit. In Genoa remembered that in the elections of May 2011 the first names were announced in

January and the second wave in March. The Prime Minister reminded his barons on Monday it was not worth relax compliance with the deficit at the possible temptation to loosen control on spending, very hard in the last three years due to cutbacks, and said then: “No opening road win elections. “

After the Executive Committee, the Organization electoral and party deputy secretary, Carlos Floriano, also entered the dance of names, but not brazenly Ana Botella. “The PP Madrid has many candidates, starting with the mayor,” he said. But in the game worldwide, “without distinction” was aware that Ana Botella could not be the candidate because he did not win her the mayor of Madrid. In the offices had installed the thesis that prácticamnte was impossible to win the election and, although highlighting his economic leadership of the city council had been good, regardless of how it has, as a candidate did not give the profile. “You need someone strong, with an image that will ravage ‘popular sources say.

Popular sources point out that in the game” no one wanted to bear the cost of removing it, “but what was clear was that it was ‘withdrawal’ and the leadership of his party played with an open range of possibilities. Rajoy and the PP committee already had on his desk the first analysis of the results of the European elections and the major hit of care they received the two major parties. Genoa provided a first analysis of the territorial situation of the party, “square by square ‘, to highlight those feuds where popular have more at stake, including the Madrid City Council.

After publication the decision of the Mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, not to defend his position in the upcoming elections, from Genoa showed his “respect” the decision of the wife of former Prime Minister. They wanted to make clear that municipal gobiermo and projects implemented are guaranteed because, well, the bottle itself has said that it will continue in office until the end of the legislature. They added that “always” will support and assist the City of Madrid.