Esperanza Aguirre resignation from the leadership of the PP in Madrid – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid .- Esperanza Aguirre, candidate of the Popular Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy mayor of Madrid and president of the formation in this region, today announced that waiver stay ahead of the regional grouping after the debacle in the elections of May 24.

The policy, one of the strongest and most controversial of the PP, advanced his intention to convene an extraordinary congress to “refound” the party in Madrid and revealed do not opt ​​for re-election, DPA reported.

“It is time of humility and responsibility,” he told a press conference in which he acknowledged that the results obtained by the PP in the polls represent a fall “unprecedented” in Madrid, one of their main strongholds.

Aguirre, who heads the PP in the region since 2004, was responsible for the “mistakes” made during the election campaign, where he launched harsh attacks against its maximum adversary, the former Justice Manuela Carmena, a newcomer to politics that debuted with the platform left Now Madrid, akin to the party of the “indignant” We can.

” You may not chanced with the tone of my campaign. With my criticism I contributed to a rejection of the candidacy of PP, polarizing attention on the candidature can, “he acknowledged.

While the PP was voted training in the Spanish capital, now Madrid stayed Just a councilor of the 21 obtained by Aguirre and it snatched the baton after agreeing with the Socialist Party (PSOE).

The leader of the PP in Madrid today called for a “thorough renovation “party in the region and acknowledged that corruption cases that have hit influenced the poor performance. He also referred to the leak of his tax returns on the eve of the elections, why it was learned that he had joined 369,000 euros in 2013.

Aguirre was one of the first to be self-critical in the PP after the poor results of the May elections, which provoked a crisis in the party. The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy , recently he moved to make changes to the National Executive and the formation. Is expected to announce in the coming days.