
The leader of the Popular Party, accompanied by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, defines the candidacy as a "mixed" and "complex" team for the November 29 elections.
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The Popular Party is preparing for the general elections on November 29. The list for Madrid includes key party figures and regional officials.
A couple of weeks ago, Alberto Núñez Feijóo crossed paths with Luis de la Fuente in the hallways of Las Ventas. The leader of the Popular Party pulled back and asked him if he could "help" him to make a "selection" that, like the world champions who brought the second star in July, would convince the majority of Spaniards and triumph at the polls on November 29. This Tuesday the popular ones launched the Madrid list, "something more than a constituency", a "mestizo" and "complex" group, with multiple sensitivities, with which to lead the political project of change in just over a month.
Accompanied by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and by the number two on the list for Madrid, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Feijóo harangued his people: "We are going to govern, so those of you who think you are not going to enter... Warm up, you are leaving," warned the popular leader, in reference to how the list will run to Congress if the PP reaches Moncloa and must select senior officials.
"I want to be president to take charge and not ignore the problems of the Spanish people," said Feijóo, who advanced, as an antithesis to Pedro Sánchez, that he is not going to "dance, sing or kiss" his wife at the rallies of the imminent campaign, but that he is not going to "steal, lie" or "go on vacation when they invade" Spain. "I have not joined the PP because of the money from prostitution, nor do they support me in the sewers," he added.
The president of the PP also referred to the scenes of riots and destruction in the streets seen in recent days in Barcelona, and last night in Bilbao. "What has happened is not normal. They know that they are losing, and the more they lose, the more general tension they create," said Feijóo, who warned the "violent": "Starting on the 30th we will be implacable with them. The law will always be complied with and for everyone, starting with the Government."
Both Ayuso and Feijóo had important words for Carlos Novillo, until yesterday Emergency Minister of the Community of Madrid and who will be number seven for the candidacy, with a profile to run for the direction of a unified government center against catastrophes.
"He is the best. I let him go because this is all for the country," said the Madrid leader, who has had to reorganize her regional Executive in the last few hours, and who has filled the list of important positions of the Madrid PP, mayors, municipal leaders in the opposition and leaders of New Generations.
In Ayuso's eyes, what is being fought on November 29 is "the greatest battle for freedom in the history of Spain." For this reason, Feijóo highlighted, after weaving the lists, "his ability to unite sensibilities and let us be as we are."
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